The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is asking SpaceX for an investigation into this week’s Starship test flight that ended up spinning out of control and breaking apart. The FAA said the ...

The FAA will require SpaceX to determine the cause of a mishap that occurred on Starship’s ninth test flight on Tuesday. [Courtesy: SpaceX] SpaceX’s Starship rocket is grounded until the ...

wo days after the latest in a string of test-flight setbacks for his big new Mars spacecraft, Starship, Elon Musk said on Thursday he foresees the futuristic vehicle making its first uncrewed ...

"The mishap investigation is focused only on the loss of the Starship vehicle, which did not complete its launch or reentry as planned." SpaceX needs to figure out what happened on the ninth test ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a talk to employees inside the Starfactory, laying out the future of the Starship Program in terms of hardware and reuse. He also revealed SpaceX’s ambitious plan to ...

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 ...

It was another explosive SpaceX Starship launch, this time over the Indian Ocean.“Starship is not perfected. It’s far from being perfected,” said Ken Kremer, a research chemist and the ...

SpaceX's latest uncrewed Starship launch at first went off without a boom May 27 but eventually broke up almost an hour after it took off. After two test flights ended in dramatic explosions ...

Here’s the top takeaways from Flight 9. Neither Starship nor the Super Heavy booster that launched it into space survived the ninth test flight. Super Heavy exploded over the Gulf of Mexico ...

SpaceX experienced another setback on May 27, 2025, as its ninth Starship test flight ended in disintegration during re-entry over the Indian Ocean, marking the third consecutive failure in 2025.

After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.