IT’S ON: Starship’s Seventh Flight Test.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Great launch, hot-staging succeeded. Heading for booster catch.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Booster caught. Elon, you da man.
ONE MORE UPDATE (STEVE):
Starship Flight 7 breaking up and re-entering over Turks and Caicos pic.twitter.com/iuQ0YAy17O
— Alex Davenport (@adavenport354) January 16, 2025
Version 2 of the Ship upper stage did not enjoy a nominal flight. Looking forward to learning what happened.
MORE (FROM GLENN):
it is beautiful though 😠pic.twitter.com/rQpdrsJ8VX
— strwb (@strwbcom) January 16, 2025
That’s okay. SpaceX’s secret is that it’s not afraid of failure, it’s only afraid of not learning from it.
Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed! ✨
pic.twitter.com/nn3PiP8XwG— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2025
Improved versions of the ship & booster already waiting for launch 🚀
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2025