SpaceX was able to duplicate its prior feat of catching a booster that returned to Earth. But 8.5 minutes into flight, the Starship spacecraft itself was lost. “Starship experienced a rapid ...

Having Starship’s Super Heavy booster fly itself back to its launch tower to be caught by that structure’s "chopsticks" arms might have seemed like the hard part. SpaceX waved off a catch in ...

SpaceX plans to land a Falcon 9 rocket off the coast of the Bahamas for the first time on Feb. 17. This will be the first ...

Taller, packed with more propellant, and equipped with its first-ever payload, SpaceX’s ... the Super Heavy booster was caught back at Starbase. However, the rocket itself was destroyed.

This marked the 17th successful launch and landing for this particular booster, which has previously supported 12 other Starlink missions. SpaceX live-streamed the launch on X, providing ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made light of Starship's fiery end. "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" he said on X.

SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. It achieved an epic booster catch, but the ship was lost.

It safely reached orbit but failed to land its booster. SpaceX’s problems were somewhat ... because Starship fires its engines to push itself away from Super Heavy — rather than using ...

Starship launched from SpaceX’s private “Starbase” facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET. A few minutes later, the rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster returned to land at the launch ...