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In the latest test, around 50 minutes after launch, SpaceX confirmed that Starship met its demise. At first, everything in the vehicle’s flight appeared to be going well.

Six Raptor engines powering the upper stage of SpaceX’s Starship launch system completed a full-duration burn during Flight 9 on May 27 before a propellant leak doomed the rest of the flight.

Flight 9, which lifted off from SpaceX 's Starbase site in South Texas on Tuesday (May 27), ended in the destruction of both of Starship 's stages — its Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage ...

SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 ended in failure — and it is not the company’s only one. Since its first launch in April 2023, SpaceX has seen a mix of failed and successful launches.

“SpaceX may not launch until the FAA either closes the Starship Flight 8 mishap investigation or makes a return to flight determination,” the FAA statement, issued late Thursday, May 15, reads.

SpaceX's newest Starship vehicle exploded on a stand in Texas late Wednesday night (June 18), as it was being prepped for the program's 10th-ever test flight.

The Ship that just moved to the pad is the second SpaceX has prepped for Flight 10. The first one exploded on a test stand at ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it closed an agency-required investigation into a SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap, citing the probable cause as a hardware failure in one of ...

People have a chance to provide public feedback on SpaceX's plans to expand operations of its massive Starship rocket to ...

Since 2019, SpaceX’s Starship has gone through dozens of fiery tests in its quest to become a low-cost rocket for Mars and ...