SpaceX’s Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breaking up and reentering over the Caribbean.
Eh, there was incremental progress throughout the first six flights, but switching to Ship version 2 has been a definite (though hopefully temporary?) setback.
Flight 1: Made it off the pad.
Flight 2: Made it to staging.
Flight 3: Made it to reentry.
Flight 4: Made it to splashdown.
Flight 5: First booster catch.
Flight 6: First zero-g raptor relight.
Flight 7 and 8: Successful booster catches, ship RUD on ascent.
Eh, there was incremental progress throughout the first six flights, but switching to Ship version 2 has been a definite (though hopefully temporary?) setback.