The company is also celebrating the third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines.

"The most probable root cause for the loss of ship was identified as a harmonic response several times stronger in flight than had been seen during testing, which led to increased stress on hardware ...

Currently, SpaceX is aiming for a 6:30 p.m. EST liftoff time on March 6 for the Starship Flight 8 launch. The company originally tried to launch Flight 8 on Monday, but encountered undisclosed Booster ...

SpaceX plans to bring both Super Heavy and Ship back to Starbase for launch-tower catches. This strategy will reduce the time between launches for the fully reusable rocket, which SpaceX aims to ...

The second-stage Ship was lost after it exploded mid ... able to perform another safe landing for the first-stage rocket, the Super Heavy Booster, as it was caught during its descent using the ...

As of Tuesday, the Super Heavy rocket booster had been rolled out to the launch pad amid preparations to ready the vehicle to get off the ground for the eighth time since April 2023. The launch ...

“We can confirm that we did lose the ship,” SpaceX senior manager ... A few minutes later, the rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster returned to land at the launch site, in SpaceX’s second ...

SpaceX crews are preparing for another test launch of the world’s most powerful rocket. Elon Musk confirmed ... This time, SpaceX will try to catch the Super Heavy booster and deploy mock ...

During the live stream of the flight, nearly 1 million viewers witnessed as the ship apparently went out of control before the cameras completely cut out. The Tribune, now published from ...