This will be the fifth launch of Starship, and could be a particularly incredible show: SpaceX plans to catch the 21-storey booster at the launch pad shortly after liftoff.

SpaceX had only successfully recaptured a Super Heavy booster after launch once before, during the fifth fully integrated Starship test flight in October 2024. The maneuver sent an earsplitting sonic ...

SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms as Donald Trump joined Elon Musk to watch. (AP produced by Javier Arciga / Nov. 19 ...

After a failed mission in January, SpaceX on Thursday launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship megarocket, a combination of the ship's upper stage (S34) and the ...

Continued testing of Starship will prepare the nation for landing astronauts at the moon’s south pole, Nelson noted. NASA’s new Artemis program is the follow-up to Apollo, which put 12 men on ...

SpaceX lost contact with Starship 8 before it was able to deploy its test satellites, which were set to occur at the 17 minute mark. Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of ...

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 4:19 PM CST Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 Last Modified: 2:34 ...

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but ...

SpaceX wants to eventually return and reuse the entire 400-foot (121-meter) Starship. Full-scale recycling would drive down the cost of hauling cargo and people to the moon and Mars, while ...