The debris fell into the Indian Ocean away from inhabited areas. SpaceX was unable to conduct several tests it had planned during the flight, such as deploying simulators of the next-generation Starlink satellites and assessing improvements to the heat shield tiles.

SpaceX launched Starship Tuesday, May 27 on its first test flight since March. This time, the vehicle further than the previous two flights.

After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.