However, after encountering an “issue,” the Exploration Company lost contact with its spacecraft a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean. In an update Tuesday morning on LinkedIn, the company characterized the test flight as a partial success—and a partial failure. Following this, according to the company's timeline for Mission Possible, the capsule's parachutes were due to deploy at a velocity between Mach 0.8 and Mach 0.6. Given when the spacecraft was lost, it seems most likely that there was a problem with the deployment of the drogue or main parachutes. At the time, she said Mission Possible was on track to launch this summer, and the company met this timeline.