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 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.

16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship booster returns to the launch pad during a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ...

with Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket having a highly successful debut launch before dawn in Florida, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Then, on Thursday afternoon, an upgraded Starship took ...