SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. It achieved an epic booster catch, but the ship was lost.
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.
SpaceX caught the Starship rocket's Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on ...
At 4:49 p.m. CT, SpaceX senior manager and host Kate Tice said during a livestream that the team lost contact with the uncrewed ship, later announcing the spacecraft had presumably been lost.
Elon Musk’s space company was conducting the seventh flight of its Starship rocket.
"We are obviously bummed out about Ship," said Dan Huot, a SpaceX spokesman and launch commentator. "Reminder: It's a test, it's a flight test, it's an experimental vehicle, so we'll figure out ...
While SpaceX said initial data indicates a fire developed in the aft section of the ship, Musk said on X that next month's eighth Starship flight is unlikely to be postponed. "As always ...
"We can confirm that we did lose the ship," senior manager of quality systems engineering Kate Tice said on the SpaceX live feed about 24 minutes after the launch. SpaceX said it lost contact ...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor, with NASA astronauts Warren "Woody" Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, the United Arab Emirates' Sultan ...