Today's launch was the latest in a series of test flights of the largest rocket in the world with the emphasis this time on flying a new generation of the Starship second stage as well as multiple ...

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket has stumbled on the road to commercial use. On Thursday, it unexpectedly dropped out of communications and exploded as it screamed toward space for its seventh flight.

During Starship’s 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas, Super Heavy descended into the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, allowing it to grab the booster. Despite the successful catch ...

Before the loss, SpaceX caught a Super Heavy booster at the launch pad. SpaceX lost the upper stage of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the company said. It was the rocket's seventh orbital test ...

Elon Musk said a leak above the ship's engine firewall may have occurred. SpaceX conducted the seventh flight test of its Starship launch vehicle on Thursday, which the company called "the most ...

SpaceX's Starship has exploded into countless pieces of space junk as it reentered the atmosphere over the Caribbean. The company's seventh test flight has ended in what could turn out to be a ...

SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas catching the booster for just the second time back at the launch site, but suffering a loss of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license for the next Starship flight test on Dec. 17, clearing the way for SpaceX to once again launch the world's largest rocket from south Texas.

The launch was a huge milestone for Blue Origin, which Bezos founded in 2000. It is a big step toward Blue Origin's ambitions of using reusable rockets to regularly carry satellites and NASA ...

Approval has been given for the first UK launch of a traditional "vertical" rocket. The critical clearance from the air safety regulator has taken the country a step closer to seeing its first ...

the firm posted just a few minutes later. An initial test launch of the towering 320-foot (98-meter) rocket, dubbed New Glenn in honor of legendary American astronaut John Glenn, had been scrubbed ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 36 from the Kennedy Space Center ... [+] on its maiden flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch occurred at 2:03 a.m. EST ...