SpaceX Starship booster misses catch, lands in Gulf; upper stage continues test

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight aimed for a first-of-its-kind double catch of both booster and upper stage, but the booster aborted its return and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The upper stage continued its planned 22-hour suborbital trajectory, per the company. This marks a deviation from the recent successful booster catches, underscoring the technical difficulty of rapid reusability.

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