🚀 Starship Fails Again: 9th Test Flight Ends in Explosion 🌍💥

Location: Over the Indian Ocean

Tags: $SOL $SUI #SpaceX #ElonMusk

Another setback for Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the ninth launch of the Starship ended in failure.

🔴 What happened?

• The first stage of the rocket exploded during descent instead of landing in the Gulf of Mexico as planned.

• The spacecraft continued, flying further than during the previous two tests.

• But control was lost — Starship began spinning on a suborbital path before breaking apart upon re-entry.

📉 This marks the second explosion in a row:

In March, the 8th flight also failed when the ship lost control and detonated.

🧠 Musk’s response?

Despite the failure, Elon Musk remains bullish on progress:

“Launch frequency will now increase — we’re aiming for new tests every 3–4 weeks.”

👨‍🚀 Why it matters:

• Starship is central to Musk’s Mars colonization vision and NASA’s Artemis missions.

• Repeated failures raise concerns but also show the pace of iteration in rapid prototyping.

🔎 Bottom line:

Another explosion — but not the end.

Musk is betting that faster failure = faster success.

How many launches until Starship lands clean?