While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

Not so SpaceX ... its design. In November, SpaceX’s owner, Elon Musk, explained on X why the heat shield changes were vital: “The biggest technology challenge remaining for Starship is ...

With this being a test flight, and SpaceX pushing the design, it is currently unknown what this will mean for Starship launching from Cape Canaveral. The Cape Canaveral Federal Aviation ...

SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket on its seventh test flight Thursday, successfully "catching" the first stage booster back at its firing stand but losing its new ...

SpaceX's Starship prototype was lost during its seventh test flight after experiencing engine issues. The Super Heavy booster successfully landed using the "chopsticks" mechanism before the ...

SpaceX performed the seventh test flight of the Starship rocket on Thursday, but the upper-stage uncrewed Starship spacecraft blew up in midair soon after separating from the first-stage Super ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super Heavy booster at its launch site — a ...

Space watchers had been gearing up for an exciting evening tonight as SpaceX was set to launch its mighty Starship on its seventh test flight to date. The hope was to launch the massive rocket and ...

SOMETHING HAPPENED. THIS EXPLODED. DRAMATIC BREAKING NEW VIDEO AT 11 SHOWS WHAT’S LEFT OF SPACEX’S STARSHIP SPACECRAFT AFTER IT EXPLODED SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE TURKS AND ...

(This story has been updated with information on the failed Starship being spotted in the skies southeast of Florida.) The seventh fully-stacked SpaceX Starship lifted off on time from Starbase, Texas ...