SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket has stumbled on the road to commercial use. On Thursday, it unexpectedly dropped out of communications and exploded as it screamed toward space for its seventh flight.

SpaceX says Super Heavy is necessary to get the spacecraft out of Earth's gravity well with enough fuel to get where it's going. Starship can then travel to its destination (like Mars) and then ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has described the explosion of the company’s Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test Thursday as “barely a bump in the road,” underlining the momentum behind ...

SpaceX is planning its next Starship test flight, weeks after the last one involved an explosion that rained rocket parts across the Caribbean and disrupted air traffic. The Elon Musk-led company ...

Donald Trump issued his first direct order to Elon Musk as president: go fetch the astronauts who flew to the International ...

Activity at SpaceX’s Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas, suggests that the spaceflight company is moving rapidly toward the eighth test of its mighty Starship rocket, which comprises the first ...

A new version of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas on Thursday afternoon. "Starship experienced a rapid ...

and artificial-intelligence software company OpenAI. SpaceX’s Starship blew up. Elon Musk says it’s ‘barely a bump in the road.’ SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the explosion of the company ...

In preparation for its eighth Starship launch, SpaceX is finishing up preflight shakedowns for the megarocket's first stage, or Super Heavy booster, and second stage, also known simply as "Ship." ...

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into its seventh test flight. The 400ft rocket - the biggest and most powerful in the world - soared from Boca Chica, south Texas ...