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Starship Flight 7: SpaceX reports the Ship vehicle is lost after premature engine shutdown during ascent and telemetry loss.

'At this point we are assuming that we have lost the Ship,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mesamunefire 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

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[–] kamenlady 10 points 23 hours ago

Dan Huot/SpaceX

At this point we are assuming that we have lost the Ship

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The Ship was never recovered. The insurance company denies coverage. More at 11.

[–] solrize 7 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Um what? Was this the launch that was going to bring back the ISS crew? Is there a news link?

[–] pennomi 15 points 21 hours ago

Hey all, no need to downvote for an honest question.

No, this was a prototype vehicle test. It had no purpose other than to gather data and prove the vehicle is flight worthy. Which, uh, it isn’t.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 6 points 22 hours ago

No. Dragon 9, in February.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

@[email protected] Direct from Spacex, this was the Starship launch and was not going to the ISS