Overview

• SpaceX launched Starship on May 27 from its Starbase facility in Texas, marking the first test flight with a recycled Super Heavy booster.
• The vehicle reached its planned suborbital trajectory and achieved ship engine cutoff, extending its performance beyond the last two attempts.
• A propellant leak caused loss of attitude control and triggered a rapid unscheduled disassembly as the spacecraft re-entered over the Indian Ocean.
• Starship’s payload doors failed to open fully, preventing the deployment of mock Starlink satellites intended for the mission.
• Cleared by the FAA just days before launch, the mission generated data SpaceX calls a “big improvement” that will inform future tests for NASA’s Artemis lunar program.