"We were just coming up to the end of that ascent burn for the ship when ... For the entire rocket to be reusable, as Musk has said he intends it to be, those engines must be recycled and reused ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk’s rapidly expanding company.

The ship had successfully separated from the booster and had started its own rocket engines to ascend to orbit before it appeared some of those engines gave out. The company then saw its link to ...

SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. It achieved an epic booster catch, but the ship was lost.