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 ...

(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 ...

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

SpaceX Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing… No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The SpaceX teams need time to investigate before they ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --SpaceX's Starship booster exploded during testing of the new Super Heavy in South Texas early Friday. The incident was captured during SpaceX's livestream around 4 a.m. CST. SpaceX has ...

SpaceX has confirmed that its third-gen Super Heavy Booster, the first stage of the two-stage Starship system, suffered an explosive gas failure of sorts during testing on Thursday morning. In a post ...

SpaceX is edging toward the 12th flight test of its mighty Starship rocket after the company rolled out the new Super Heavy booster for testing. Appearing at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern ...

Video of the event shows a blast erupting from the bottom half of the 20-story-tall craft as SpaceX was performing structural tests in the predawn darkness. The Super Heavy booster, dubbed Booster 18, ...

The loss of Booster 18 during gas pressure testing only cost SpaceX the shell of a booster. There were no raptor engines in it. UPDATE SpaceX says they will stack the Booster 19 Super Heavy Booster in ...