"This booster previously launched and returned on Flight 7, and 29 of its 33 Raptor engines are flight proven." ...

SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage stacked together to form a rocket that towers 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. The ...

"Static fire of the Super Heavy preparing to launch Starship's ninth flight test. This booster previously launched and ...

Achieving zero-touch reflight would revolutionize space travel by significantly reducing launch costs and increasing the frequency of missions.

For the second flight test, SpaceX engineers designed a more robust and secure launchpad able to handle the incredible force generated by the Raptor engines as the Starship lifted off. Once ...

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

SpaceX's Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk's rocket program after a failure under ...

The fully reusable SpaceX Starship includes huge combinations of new technologies. The innovations combine into a massive ...

Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX has ...

The 160-foot-tall Starship upper stage, meanwhile, climbed toward space as planned on the power of six Raptor engines, appearing to work flawlessly as it soared skyward toward the planned sub ...

However, just after eight minutes into the flight, four of the six Raptor engines in the Starship upper stage shut down in quick succession. The vehicle immediately began to tumble but continued ...