The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve ...

SpaceX's Starship prototype was lost during its seventh test flight after experiencing engine issues. The Super Heavy booster successfully landed using the "chopsticks" mechanism before the ...

The Super Heavy booster, meanwhile, was successfully caught in the launch tower's mechanical arms for only the second time ...

SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket ...

The rocket company said the space vehicle came apart during its ascent. Videos posted to social media showed debris streaking through the sky.

This story was updated to add a video. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super ...

The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test ...

(This story has been updated with information on the failed Starship being spotted in the skies southeast of Florida.) The seventh fully-stacked SpaceX Starship lifted off on time from Starbase ...

SpaceX's latest flight test of its colossal Starship vehicle turned out to be an explosive one – literally. While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." ...

A new version of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas on Thursday afternoon. "Starship experienced a rapid ...