SpaceX rocket spins out of control after passing points of previous failures

Setback brings fresh hurdles to Elon Musk's Mars rocket program

20250528 SpaceX launch failure

SpaceX's next-generation Starship craft is launched atop a booster in Starbase, Texas, on May 27 © Reuters

STARBASE, Texas (Reuters) -- SpaceX's Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday but spun out of control about halfway through its flight without achieving some of its most important testing goals, bringing fresh engineering hurdles to CEO Elon Musk's increasingly turbulent Mars rocket program.

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