Image: Debris from the SpaceX launch streaks across the sky. Pic: Reuters Image: Pic: Reuters The flight was the seventh test run for the newly-upgraded Starship, and marked the next step in Elon ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a ...

Eight and a half minutes after launch yesterday, the upper stage of the SpaceX Starship “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly,” following the separation from its booster and the start ...

SpaceX's latest flight test of its colossal Starship vehicle turned out to be an explosive one – literally. While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful ...

It was due to make a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean roughly an hour after its launch from Texas. The mission was SpaceX's seventh Starship test since 2023 in Musk's multibillion-dollar ...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, an unexpected setback after the Elon Musk-led company had made steady progress advancing the vehicle’s capabilities.

The Starship upper stage, 2 meters (6.56 feet) taller than previous versions, was a "new generation ship with significant upgrades," SpaceX said in a mission description prior to the test. It was due ...

Notably, the Starship rocket was upgraded several times by a team of experts and was set to launch a group of satellites without a crew. I slowed down today’s @SpaceX booster catch, zoomed in a ...

A new version of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas on Thursday afternoon. "Starship experienced a rapid ...

Today's launch was the latest in a series of test flights of the largest rocket in the world with the emphasis this time on flying a new generation of the Starship second stage as well as multiple ...

A SpaceX Starship prototype failed after a launch from Texas, despite reaching space and attempting to deploy mock satellites. The Super Heavy booster successfully returned to its launchpad, marking ...

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket has stumbled on the road to commercial use. On Thursday, it unexpectedly dropped out of communications and exploded as it screamed toward space for its seventh flight.