The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world before succumbing to the scorching heat of atmospheric reentry.

For the third flight in a row ... what SpaceX calls a "new generation" Starship. Multiple systems have been modified to improve performance and to test systems needed for eventual stage recovery.

Starship's Super Heavy booster at the launch mount ahead of its test flight. SpaceX SpaceX is gearing up to launch Starship for its seventh test flight, attempting to deploy Starlink mock-ups from ...

After launching more than 100 small payloads from California on Tuesday and two commercial moon landers from Florida early Wednesday, both atop Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX readied a huge Super ...

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 ...

"Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn," SpaceX said in a statement. "Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause.

This story was updated to add a video. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super ...

WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s seventh Starship/Super Heavy test flight ended prematurely Jan. 16 when the Starship upper stage was apparently lost while ascending into space. The vehicle lifted off ...

Here's hoping the third time is the charm for loyalists ... with major upgrades teased for Starship's seventh test flight a few months after the last attempt. The mega-rocket is expected to ...