SpaceX Starship Suffers Landing Failure During Otherwise Successful Test Flight; Next Attempt in 6 Weeks
• SpaceX's Starship conducted its third test flight on March 13; both rocket stages broke apart during descent • SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell stated the next Starship flight could happen in early May, about 6 weeks from now • The March 13 flight was "incredibly successful" with beautiful ascent and booster boostback burn • Both rocket stages failed to execute planned landing burns and broke apart before splashdown • The next flight will focus on reentry and landing; no satellite deployment yet - "getting it right" is the priority