SpaceX’s Starship test flight ends in failure after spacecraft is destroyed

Rocket’s six engines appeared to shut down one after another after nearly nine minutes, while booster returned

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

Elon Musk’s company said the spacecraft’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with contact lost just 8min 30sec into the flight.