SPLASHDOWN: Starship Booster ends in uncontrolled landing in the gulf in IFT-12 test

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:08]again continuing to watch. So booster did not complete its boost back burn. We did not see all of the engines ignite that we expected.

[00:00:17]Are continuing to get some views from it though. That's going to make a splash down somewhere in the in the Gulf.

[00:00:24]Reminder, we clear air, sea space, everything uh for these launches.

[00:00:41]All right. So, we are coming up on T + 5 minutes.

[00:00:48]Ship continuing to fire. Five of the six.

[00:00:56]Standing by for callouts. making sure ship's on its planned trajectory. Again, we are planning a suborbital trajectory for the ship today.

[00:01:08]Booster giving us some views as it continues to make its way back down towards the water.

[00:01:18]All right, so a little over five and a half minutes in flight. Kate, Jake, you guys with me? Looks like booster starting to come in hot.

[00:01:26]Yeah, we had a the opportunity to stand outside to watch launch and wow, that was incredible.

[00:01:33]>> Yeah, that was really loud, really shaky, and I was actually surprised how fast the booster got off the pad or the whole stack. That was that was quite incredible.

[00:01:41]>> Absolutely. So, we have views here from the booster coming back down, making its way into the Gulf.

[00:01:49]Pretty cool to see.

[00:01:50]>> Healthy chamber pressures on five out of six ship engines. Great news there for Starship.

[00:02:02]>> Once again, we were not going to bring the super heavy booster back to the tower. We were planning on having it land in the Gulf.

[00:02:18]And it looks like the booster ended its mission there in the Gulf. But we've got a ship still flying. Great to see that.

[00:02:26]Still have five out of six engines there on S39.

[00:02:29]>> Yes, we also heard good chamber pressures as well on those engines that are lit. We do have engine out capability. We do see that we have one of the ARVAC, one of the Raptor vacuum engines that is currently out, but that's okay. Ship is continuing on.