Texas: SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk's company said Starship ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket launched on a test flight from Texas, but was destroyed following a booster catch attempt. The spacecraft lost contact 8 1/2 minutes into flight, at an altitude of 90 miles.

"Starship obsoletes Falcon 9 and the Dragon capsule," SpaceX's chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, said at the Baron Investment Conference in November, according to Ars Technica. "We'll be ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed ...

The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry display over the Turks and Caicos islands. The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry ...

Lost spacecraft ... inside three other engines optimized for the vacuum of space — flamed out. Seconds later, more engines began to flame out, according to graphics shown on the SpaceX livestream.

The engines of the new and improved spacecraft went out during its ascent and the SpaceX team lost contact with the uncrewed craft, the company said. The launch however was not without some success.