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 ...

The Super Heavy booster, meanwhile, was successfully caught in the launch tower's mechanical arms for only the second time ...

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

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 ...

The US has grounded SpaceX's giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why one exploded during its latest test flight. The rocket's upper stage dramatically broke up and ...

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 ...

The 7th test flight of Starship was at least a partial success ... The launch was a testbed for a redesigned propulsion system, an improved flight computer, and the craft’s heat shield.