Six Raptor engines powering the upper stage of SpaceX’s Starship launch system completed a full-duration burn during Flight 9 on May 27 before a propellant leak doomed the rest of the flight.
Credit: SpaceX
The first time SpaceX tried to launch its next-generation Starship, the spacecraft experienced unanticipated harmonic vibrations that caused propellant leaks and a premature shutdown of the ship’s engines. Two months later, a second Block 2 Starship lifted off atop another Super Heavy booster, only...
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