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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. A SpaceX Starship prototype suffered failure in space minutes after a successful launch from Texas, as reported on the ...

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.

A SpaceX Starship rocket ... did not survive the launch and appeared to break apart over the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean Sea. SpaceX confirmed on the live broadcast that the spacecraft's ...

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 ...

During Starship’s 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas, Super Heavy descended into the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, allowing it to grab the booster. Despite the successful catch ...

Chopsticks” catch: Despite the mishap, SpaceX did successfully guide the Super Heavy booster back to a landing at the launch ... our live coverage for the day. Read more about SpaceX Starship ...

13 launch. Before it imploded, the Starship was supposed to zoom across the Gulf of Mexico and release 10 dummy satellites as practice before it would self-destruct in the Indian Ocean.