All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME ... SLS merged the MPTA aft fuselage and External Tank elements into an inline rocket stage.

Communications were lost with the ship about 8½ minutes into the flight, Space X said. Initial data indicates there was a fire in its aft section ... caught a Starship booster at its fifth ...

SpaceX was able to duplicate its prior feat of catching a booster that returned ... of Starship’s ascent burn to space, a fire developed in the aft section of the ship, leading to an explosion ...