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Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, which returned to the Texas launchpad where the so-called “chopsticks ...

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 ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth test flight of the massive Starship rocket on Monday, which will include another attempt to catch its Super Heavy booster at the launchpad with mechanical ...

Post-flight analysis indicates the vehicle self destructed after fire from a propellant leak knocked out communications. Post-flight analysis indicates the vehicle self destructed after fire from ...

The Starship — comprising the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft — will eventually be used for crew and cargo missions to the moon and possibly even Mars.

Starship hardware has made it to the pad ahead of a planned liftoff this week. The milestone keeps the company on track to launch the eighth-ever Starship test flight this Friday (Feb. 28).