spaceship fell faster and longer than ever before on Thursday , but with both stages lost during the mission , there ’s distinctly much more progression to be made . Here ’s our detailed breakdown of Integrated Flight Test 3 and what happens next .
The megarocket , standing 400 feet tall ( 121 meters),took offat 9:25 a.m. ET yesterday from SpaceX ’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica , Texas . The most powerful rocket in the creation , pushing off from the planet with more than 16 million pounds of thrust , was pushed to its demarcation , succeed in some ways but falling short in others . Here ’s how it all went down .
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Starship shortly after leaving the Starbase launch mount in Boca Chica, Texas, 9 March 2025.Photo: SpaceX
