SpaceX’s ninth Starship test was both a triumph and a disappointment. While the most powerful rocket ever built once again thundered into space, familiar problems followed shortly after. So, what ...

After spectacular back-to-back upper stage failures in January and March, SpaceX launched another Super Heavy-Starship rocket Tuesday on the program's ninth test flight, but ran into fresh ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket — which is supposed to realize ... crumpling and exploding. The next prototype, SN9, met a similar fate just a few months later on February 2, 2021.

Though the test achieved SpaceX's primary objective, SN9 failed to fully flip from "belly-down" to an upright position, causing it to explode on impact. SpaceX's third high-altitude Starship ...

On Thursday, SpaceX’s Starship lifted off in Southern Texas ... In February 2021, SpaceX tried again, this time with prototype SN9. Again, it flew to an altitude of about six miles.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship successfully pulled off another spectacular launch on Tuesday — but aborted an attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster rocket with the “Mechazilla” arms.

SpaceX's Starship rocket is designed to launch heavy payloads to orbit and even land astronauts on the moon and Mars. Its first test flight, however, ended when it broke apart in flight.

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Different stages of Starship on display at a SpaceX event in 2022. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images One of the most hotly anticipated events in commercial space this year is the maiden orbital flight ...

Update: SpaceX is now targeting a Starship launch at 6:30 p.m. EST Thursday. SpaceX has delayed the eighth uncrewed flight test for its gargantuan Starship spacecraft that could be a vital part of ...

SpaceX launched Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its fifth test flight. • Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, occurred at ...