SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight ended abruptly on Tuesday when the rocket experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" — the company's favourite euphemism for "exploded."It's the third ...

According to SpaceX, “the mitigations put in place after Starship’s seventh flight test to address harmonic response and flammability of the ship’s attic section worked as designed prior to ...

During Starship's eighth flight test in early March, several engines shut down unexpectedly about 5 1/2 minutes into the launch, resulting in SpaceX losing control of the craft. Communication with ...

Vertical Aerospace’s chief test pilot Si Davies has hailed the success of the initial wing-borne flight of the company’s VX4 prototype, the first of around a dozen such sorties expected with ...

The ninth test flight provided a mix of successes and failures for the company. It was the smoothest Starship test of the year, following two consecutive explosions.

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In 9th flight test, SpaceX's Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly," SpaceX said. By Matthew Glasser. May 27, 2025, 9:06 PM.

Mounted atop a Super Heavy rocket that's powered by 33 Raptor engines, the uncrewed Starship successfully lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase test facility in South Texas just after 7:30 p.m. ET.

SpaceX's Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an uncontrolled reentry into the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 9 on May 27, with the launch window opening at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Here's where and when to watch it live.

In its ninth test flight, SpaceX’s launch vehicle Starship once again reached space, surpassing problems that prematurely ended its two previous test launches. But as with those ill-fated ...

SpaceX’s Starship was launched into space Tuesday evening, but the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket ever built spun out of control and broke up on its latest test flight. The takeoff ...