Starship in orbit ahead of catch attempt, booster diverts to explosive splashdown

SpaceX launched it’s most ambitious Starship flight to date, hoping to demonstrate its revolutionary rocket is fully reusable by recovering both its first and second stages, but although the Ship upper stage reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink satellites, the booster diverted to a fiery splashdown off shore in the Gulf. The Starship vehicle lifted off from Starbase in Texas at 4:47 p.m. CST (5:47 p.m. EST / 2247 UTC) on Friday, Nov. 13. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 14)