SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space technology company valued at $350 billion, successfully launched its seventh test flight on Thursday—then lost it.
About 20 minutes after successfully launching the rocket at its base in Brownsville, Texas, SpaceX engineers confirmed they had lost communication with the rocket’s upper stage.
“We can confirm that we did lose the ship,” Kate Tice, senior manager of quality systems engineering at SpaceX, stated, according to CNN…