SPCX ▼ -2.4% - Space Exploration Technologies Corp. $SPCX SpaceX aborted its Super Heavy booster catch attempt during Friday's 15th Starship test flight, diverting the rocket offshore, where it flipped and exploded in the ocean. The setback complicates Elon Musk's goal of making Starship fully reusable. * Booster Failure: Launch and stage separation succeeded, but mission control canceled the catch just over five minutes into flight. SpaceX has not identified the cause. * Starship Mission: The upper stage reached orbit and is scheduled to complete 14 orbits over 22 hours, deploy 26 V3 Starlink satellites and return to Starbase for its first catch attempt. * Reusability: SpaceX has caught Super Heavy boosters three times but has never caught Starship's upper stage. Flight 15 was intended to recover both stages for the first time. * Expansion Plans: Starship is central to NASA contracts, proposed orbital AI data centers and Moon and Mars missions. Musk targets more frequent launches next year, supported by a planned Louisiana launch site. 14-NOV-2026 08:21 AM ET