Shortly after liftoff, the Soyuz’s booster malfunctioned, forcing the crew to abort the mission and make a ballistic descent BAIKONUR, October 11. /TASS/. The state commission investigating ...

followed by the 165-foot vehicle separating from the 232-foot Super Heavy rocket booster. The rocket booster itself successfully navigated back to the launch pad, where SpaceX was able to catch it ...

However, around eight minutes after launch and after successfully catching the Super Heavy Booster ... separation, called hot stage separation, worked as designed, but it caused the rocket ...