SpaceX's latest test of its Starship rocket, the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle, ended in dramatic fashion on Thursday as the upper stage disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." ...
Coming soon to American launch pads: the competition of the heavy lifters as Jeff Bezos' New Glenn and Elon ... Starship engine relight in space. The company also utilized Starlink tiles on the ...
SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly a more demanding trajectory during descent to probe the structural limits ...
SpaceX's Starship lifts off during its fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas. — Reuters/File BOCA CHICA: Elon Musk's SpaceX ... Heavy booster in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms during ...
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship programme encountered a setback recently. Its seventh test flight ended with the rocket exploding just minutes after liftoff. The incident caused airline routes over the ...
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship craft on Thursday, 16 January, after weather delayed its critical test of the world’s biggest rocket. The 123-metre-tall rocket, which Elon Musk hopes to use to ...
After a short delay, the Starship launched at 5:37 p.m. EST from SpaceX's massive Starbase in southern Texas. SpaceX successfully caught the returning rocket booster at the launch tower using ...