SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly a more demanding trajectory during descent to probe the structural limits ...

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 third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the ...

Starship's previous six test flights occurred in April and November of 2023 and March, June, October and November of last ...

SpaceX is preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon from Starbase in Boca Chica near ...

The company also aims to hash out how to land and refly the Starship spacecraft — rather than losing it to an ocean splashdown without recovery. Similar to the Super Heavy booster, this upper ...

Latest SpaceX Starship flight has momentous splashdown but diverts from booster catch attempt The sixth test flight last November skipped the attempt because of some sensor damage done to the ...

The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX plans to once again attempt to return and catch the rocket ...

The US has grounded SpaceX's giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why one exploded during its ...