SpaceX’s latest test of its upgraded Starship ended in a fireball on the pad, a stark reminder that rapid iteration in rocketry still carries very public risks. The ground test, intended as a routine ...

Starship is SpaceX’s fully reusable, heavy-lift system built to transport people and cargo from Earth to the Moon, Mars, and deep space.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway ...

(Bloomberg/Loren Grush) — A newly upgraded version of SpaceX’s Starship rocket suffered an apparent failure during a ground test early Friday in South Texas, according to bystander footage of the ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space. The company’s webcast showed data ...

Once Elon Musk decided to build a reusable spacecraft to carry his dreams of Martian colonization, the engineers at SpaceX knew they would need a special engine for the world’s most powerful rocket.