Starship experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," which is a phrase SpaceX coined to describe an explosion.

With a test like this, success comes from ... It is still unknown why Starship exploded. Starship has a "flight termination system" which causes the rocket to explode if it veers off course.

SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the ...

Ship 33 successfully ignited its six engines following stage separation and continued to space. However, shortly after ...

SpaceX conducted the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket, marking the first such mission of 2025. However, the spacecraft was destroyed following an anomaly in its upper stage. Despite the loss ...

That will set the stage for the Super Heavy-Starship launch from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility at ... reuse of the entire system online and flying increasingly ...

While the booster performed flawlessly, the upper stage failed approximately 10 minutes into the flight. SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica ...

Blue Origin lost New Glenn's booster during Thursday morning's test flight. The Federal Aviation ... SpaceX said the upper stage of the system, Starship itself, was lost. The company later ...

SpaceX's latest flight test of its colossal Starship ... SpaceX has spent years building and testing the Starship to become a fully reusable launch system that can carry humans and cargo to ...

Going into Thursday's test flight, SpaceX said 2025 "will be transformational for Starship with the goal of bringing reuse of the entire system online and flying increasingly ambitious missions as ...

The largest rocket to ever fly exploded in midair Thursday evening, forcing multiple aircraft to change course in order to dodge the falling debris. SpaceX’s Starship—which towers more than ...