Live updates: SpaceX reaches orbit in unprecedented Starship test flight - CNN

SpaceX launched its Starship — described as the most powerful rocket ever built — from Starbase, Texas, on Monday, with the ship reaching orbit and successfully deploying all 26 operational Starlink satellites.
The mission was cut short after one of the Starship spacecraft's Raptor vacuum engines shut down prematurely, prompting SpaceX to end the flight early.
The spacecraft survived reentry through Earth's atmosphere and attempted a controlled landing burn over the Pacific Ocean, though the splashdown was rougher than July's previous flight and produced a large fireball.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman congratulated SpaceX on the milestone, noting Starship is central to America's plans to return to the moon and establish a lunar base, as well as science, national security, and orbital economy applications.
Isaacman acknowledged SpaceX intends to phase out its older Falcon rockets and Dragon capsules to concentrate on Starship, which could leave Boeing's troubled Starliner as a key option for ferrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit.
NASA outlined a new road map for Starliner, which struggled during its 2024 crewed test that stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams for nine months; an uncrewed test flight is possible in December, followed by a crewed flight.