SpaceX is preparing for its ninth test launch of Starship, one of the Elon Musk-founded company’s signature rockets, on Tuesday—after its previous two launches ended in explosions the company labeled ...

SpaceX's Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean about an hour after launch. A camera on buoy captured the fireworks.

When one of SpaceX’s Starship vehicles burst into flames during a routine fueling test in June, the Elon Musk-led company decided it was time to bring in reinforcements. Shortly after the incident, ...

A SpaceX heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle, like one shown here, exploded late Wednesday during a preflight procedure at Starbase in Texas as the company tested its upper stage. In an X post, CEO ...

The pace of testing the Starship design seems to have accelerated greatly over at SpaceX in recent years, as Elon Musk's company is trying to reach the ambitious goals it set for itself. That, ...

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The latest Starship launch did not go as planned. Although the SpaceX Dragon and its Falcon 9 rocket have proven to be a reliable spacecraft, and somewhat crucial to the ferrying of American ...

A SpaceX Starship exploded at the company's Starbase launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball. Video shows the explosion, which SpaceX said occurred as the Starship was ...

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