SpaceX's Starship conducted its ninth test flight Tuesday evening, successfully surpassing the outcomes of two prior test flights that ended in explosions. However, the company lost control of the spacecraft midway through its journey.

After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.

SpaceX's Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an