Things were looking good when the SpaceX Super Heavy thundered off the launchpad perched on the lip of the South Texas Coast on Thursday evening – right up until they weren’t, that is. After having to scrub the previously scheduled launch on Monday — CEO Elon Musk said there

Starship took its eighth flight test Thursday, and SpaceX successfully caught the booster but later lost attitude control and contact with the spacecraft.

Like last time, Starship had mock satellites to release once the craft reached space on this eighth test flight as a practice for future missions. They resembled SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites, thousands of which currently orbit Earth, and were meant to fall back down following their brief taste of space.