SpaceX Starship Flight 8 Launch

Starship flight test 8 was the eighth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. Ship 34 and Booster 15 flew on this test flight. The Super Heavy Booster was successfully caught by the launch tower. During Ship 34's initial burn, four of its six engines experienced premature shutdowns that resulted in a loss of attitude control followed by a total loss of telemetry. The vehicle's breakup was observed from Florida, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was the second flight and second failure of a Block 2 ship.