SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over ...

Starship, the most powerful launch system ever built, is set to take off on its eighth test flight about six weeks after an ...

The company notched another successful booster catch but lost contact with the Starship spacecraft at roughly the same point ...

then launch multiple Super Heavy-Starship "tankers" to refuel the moon-bound Starship for the trip to lunar orbit. The astronauts will launch atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket and fly to the ...

Stocking that depot, by NASA's estimate, will require eight to 16 Starship tanker flights. In the short term, more frequent Starship missions could help SpaceX conduct testing and gather data ...

A similar explosion occurred during Starship Flight 7 on January 16, when a leak near a tank containing liquid oxygen led to a catastrophic breakup over the Turks and Caicos Islands. That incident ...

A SpaceX Starship spacecraft ... root cause was a leak that occurred in the rear section of the vehicle near a tank containing superchilled liquid oxygen, or a form of rocket propellant.

The Starship spacecraft ... but the ship — which debuted several major upgrades including a larger propellant tank — was destroyed less than 10 minutes into the mission.