SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight — marking the second failure for the vehicle in just six weeks.

SpaceX launched Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its sixth test flight from South Texas. The rocket made a safe landing and stayed intact Tuesday night as it splashed down in the ...

Nine minutes into the mission, the ship began spinning out of control. Seven weeks after an explosion sent pieces of a Starship launch vehicle falling into the Atlantic, SpaceX on Thursday again ...

Eager to ramp up the frequency of test flights for its next-generation Starship rocket, SpaceX has moved the first-stage Super Heavy booster to the launchpad for preflight testing ahead of its ...