SpaceX's Starship third flight attempt ended with the spacecraft wrecked once again after a failure to complete a controlled re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.

SpaceX communications manager Dan Huot reported that the company lost communication with Starship during its re-entry and failed to splash down to the Indian Ocean.

The re-entry was broadcast live on Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter), who also owns SpaceX. The whole flight lasted less than an hour before SpaceX lost connection.

SpaceX: Third Test Flight is a Success

Despite the test flight ending in another destroyed spacecraft, the aerospace company sees the attempt to be successful, achieving multiple milestones in a single flight.

For starters, the third flight has reached farther into space than the two previous attempts since it started its early test flights in 2023.

The company is confident that crucial data can be gathered from the failed flight as it prepares to bring crewed missions to the moon, and eventually to Mars.

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SpaceX Inches Close to Artemis Mission Goal

With its recent space flight attempts, SpaceX is inching closer to completing its part of the deal in providing NASA its spacecraft to revive its manned lunar missions after over 50 years.

Musk's aerospace company is contracted by the agency for its Artemis missions in an effort to race with other countries in reaching the moon.

So far, five countries have already accomplished successful moon landings as agencies step up in their space explorations.

Data from the manned missions are expected to be used for SpaceX's eventual manned Mars missions in the far future.

NASA is planning to launch its first crewed mission to the moon by September 2025.

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