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SpaceX signs off: This was "a hell of a moment"

By Jackie Wattles

SpaceX just wrapped up the live coverage of today’s Starship test flight.

Spokesperson Dan Huot signed off with remarks reminiscent of how SpaceX frames every test flight that does not go exactly according to plan — emphasizing that engineers aim to learn from failure.

“We are trying to do something that is impossibly hard, and it’s not always not going to reach it in a straight line,” Huot said. “We said there’s going to be bumps. There’s going to be turns. But seeing that ship in space today was a hell of a moment for us.”

It’s not clear where Starship landed or how the vehicle fared during the jarring process of reentering Earth’s atmosphere.

The FAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how the spacecraft’s uncontrolled return to Earth may have affected commercial air travel.