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SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry

SpaceX's ninth Starship test reached space on May 27 but suffered a loss of attitude control during atmospheric reentry, causing the booster to break apart and the spacecraft to tumble uncontrolled. The incident follows debris-related disruptions from earlier flights and underscores further hurdles for Starship's development toward lunar and Mars missions.

2025-05-27T16:45:41.810943-07:00

SpaceNews.com

SpaceX Targets May 27 for Starship IFT-9, First Super Heavy Reuse After FAA Clears Path

2025-05-23T16:22:16.872604-07:00

Reuters

FAA doubles hazard zones as it clears SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 return-to-flight

2025-05-22T09:10:49.264155-07:00

New York Times

SpaceX Starship Test Ends in Explosion, FAA Grounds Florida Flights

2025-03-06T14:10:02.182725-08:00

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SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry SpaceX's ninth Starship test reached space on May 27 but suffered a loss of attitude control during atmospheric reentry, causing the booster to break apart and the spacecraft to tumble uncontrolled. The incident follows debris-related disruptions from earlier flights and underscores further hurdles for Starship's development toward lunar and Mars missions.

2025-05-27T16:45:41.810943-07:00

SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry

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SpaceX Prepares Starship Flight 9 After Two Block 2 Failures and Extended Grounding SpaceX is preparing to resume Starship integrated flight tests with Flight 9 after two consecutive Block 2 vehicle failures and months of ground testing. This upcoming mission will be pivotal for validating design fixes and operational readiness ahead of commercial orbital launches.

2025-05-26T12:49:37.099871-07:00

SpaceX Prepares Starship Flight 9 After Two Block 2 Failures and Extended Grounding

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Elon Musk to Outline Mars Colonization Blueprint Ahead of Starship Launch SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will deliver a presentation titled “Making Life Multiplanetary” on May 27 at 1 p.m. ET, outlining the company’s roadmap for Mars colonization and the technical milestones leading into Tuesday’s planned Starship launch from the Starbase, Texas facility.

2025-05-25T20:29:36.583703-07:00

Elon Musk to Outline Mars Colonization Blueprint Ahead of Starship Launch

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SpaceX Targets May 27 for Starship IFT-9, First Super Heavy Reuse After FAA Clears Path SpaceX is set to launch Starship’s ninth integrated flight test on May 27 from Starbase, marking the first reuse of a Super Heavy booster—one that flew IFT-7 and returned—to pad capture by mechanical arms. The mission follows FAA clearance after it identified a Raptor engine fault in IFT-8.

2025-05-23T16:22:16.872604-07:00

SpaceX Targets May 27 for Starship IFT-9, First Super Heavy Reuse After FAA Clears Path

Space.com

SpaceX Sets May 27 for IFT-9 Starship Launch With First Re-flight of Super Heavy Booster SpaceX plans to launch its ninth Starship Integrated Flight Test on May 27 at 7:30 p.m. EDT (23:30 GMT), marking the first time the company will re-use a Super Heavy booster—the same one that powered IFT-7 and was caught by the launchpad’s mechanical arms.

2025-05-23T15:43:35.762598-07:00

SpaceX Sets May 27 for IFT-9 Starship Launch With First Re-flight of Super Heavy Booster

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FAA doubles hazard zones as it clears SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 return-to-flight The FAA has approved SpaceX’s ninth Starship test flight, expanding hazard areas in US and abroad by nearly twofold after recent in-flight breakups showered debris over the Atlantic and Caribbean, prompting delays and diversions for dozens of commercial flights.

2025-05-22T09:10:49.264155-07:00

FAA doubles hazard zones as it clears SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 return-to-flight

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UK Demands Revised Starship Flight Corridors After Debris Washes Up in Caribbean British authorities have urged the FAA to reroute the increasing cadence of SpaceX’s Starship launches after debris from two failed test flights littered beaches and roads in Turks and Caicos and other British Caribbean territories, raising safety and environmental alarms.

2025-05-16T08:13:37.765850-07:00

UK Demands Revised Starship Flight Corridors After Debris Washes Up in Caribbean

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FAA clears Starship Flight 9 license tweaks but stalls launch pending probe The Federal Aviation Administration approved modifications to SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 license—including boosting Boca Chica operations to 25 flights per year—but stopped short of authorizing Flight 9 until its investigation into the previous Flight 8 explosion concludes.

2025-05-15T16:51:25.243022-07:00

FAA clears Starship Flight 9 license tweaks but stalls launch pending probe

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