It's the second time SpaceX has managed this particular feat. However, as crowds cheered the booster's return, the company said it had lost contact with Starship as the engines went out.
Despite a promising ascent out of Texas, USA, staff lost contact with the spacecraft only eight minutes and thirty seconds into the flight. SpaceX said the vehicle’s six engines appeared to shut down ...
Preliminary indications are that leaking fuel built up pressure in the cavity above the engine firewall, causing a fire that doomed the spacecraft. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the ...
SpaceX mission control in Texas lost contact with Starship eight minutes into flight after it separated in space from its Super Heavy first stage booster. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on ...
SpaceX on Thursday said that its Starship rocket broke up mid-flight spreading debris all around. The malfunction took place when the tests were being conducted to see the mega-rocket’s capabilities.
As the falling booster approached SpaceX's Texas facilities, it nailed a complex maneuver that had happened only once before. The booster fired its engines to lower itself to a catch tower ...
SpaceX confirmed on the live broadcast that the spacecraft's engines started to go out prior to planned engine cut-off and Starship later stopped delivering telemetry data. Shortly after ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed ...