Thursday’s Starship flight test, which saw the upper stage disappear while approaching orbital velocity, comes just months ahead of the first planned commercial missions ...

SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blew up in midflight during a crucial test of Elon Musk’s Mars ambitions after its booster was successfully caught by its “chopsticks” system. “Starship ...

The booster fired its engines to lower itself to a catch tower, where a pair of giant "chopstick" arms closed around its trunk and caught it. This technological feat is key to reaching SpaceX's ...

While the midair destruction of SpaceX's Starship rocket made for an unsuccessful flight test, it also created an amazing ...