While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship has successfully taken off from Boca Chica, Texas. Newsweek's live blog is ...

Soon after the successful catch, SpaceX representatives reported the ship was lost after ... its ascent burn in space. After the live stream ended, SpaceX wrote on X that Starship “experienced ...

The proposed city sits on the southern edge of Texas near the U.S.-Mexican border. In July 2024, Musk posted on X that he had ...

In preparation for its eighth Starship launch, SpaceX is finishing up preflight shakedowns for the megarocket's first stage, ...

Starship flies in space during its seventh test Jan. 16, shortly before flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX screenshot NASA will depend on the rocket company to ...

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

An explosion during a test flight last month worried residents of Turks and Caicos and raised concerns about risks to ...

SpaceX lost all communications with Starship's upper stage after it was ... all six Raptor engines and performed its ascent burn to space. Prior to the burn’s completion, telemetry was lost ...

SpaceX conducted the seventh ... first stage booster upon its return to Earth, but lost communications with the Starship as it headed into space.

SpaceX caught the Starship rocket’s Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on Thursday ... reported the ship was lost after the company lost contact ...

SpaceX caught the Starship rocket's Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on Thursday ... reported the ship was lost after the company lost contact ...