Starship's upper stage tumbling during Flight Test 9. SpaceX Update: May 27, 8:25 p.m. ET: Announcers on the SpaceX broadcast said Starship will break up above and crash into the planned landing zone in the Indian Ocean. They added that the Super Heavy booster was indeed lost. Update: May 27, 8:18 p.m. ET: SpaceX anticipates the total loss of Starship as a result of the uncontrolled reentry. It’s expected to crash into the Indian Ocean—or at least, bits and pieces of the vehicle. Update: May 27, 8:13 p.m. ET: About 30 minutes into the mission, SpaceX announced that Starship had fallen into an unrecoverable spin as the result of the loss of attitude control. The spacecraft is suborbital and will perform an atmospheric reentry, but it will be an uncontrolled one. SpaceX pushed Starship further than in the previous two tests, but this latest flight can hardly be called a success. Update: May 27, 8:02 p.m. ET: Starship blasted off from the Boca Chica launch mount a few minutes past 7:30 p.m. ET, following a pair of brief holds. All 33 Raptor engines went to work, with the fully integrated rocket surviving Max-Q, hot staging, and stage separation. Shortly after, however, SpaceX lost telemetry with the Super Heavy booster and was unable to attempt a controlled landing. The booster is presumably lost. As for the upper stage Ship, it continued along its journey and survived the trek to space, unlike the past two launches. SpaceX attempted to open the deployment doors at 7:54 p.m. but bailed on the procedure when the doors refused to open all the way. The company had hoped to deploy mock Starlink satellites during the demonstration. Original article follows: The world’s largest rocket is gearing up for its ninth flight after suffering back-to-back anomalies. SpaceX is prepping Starship for liftoff on Tuesday, hoping the rocket fares better this time around after several improvements since its last flight. Starship is set for liftoff on Tuesday, May 27 during a launch window that opens at 7:30 p.m. ET. The fully integrated rocket will take to the skies for its ninth test flight from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The launch will be streamed live on SpaceX’s website and through the company’s page on X, as provided here. Watch Starship's ninth flight test → https://t.co/Gufroc2kUz https://t.co/NYF0ZMyeGp