SpaceX launched the eighth test of its massive Starship rocket on Thursday, successfully taking-off and completing the much anticipated “catch” of the vaunted Super Heavy booster — but the company ...

Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX ...

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Post-flight analysis indicates the vehicle self destructed after fire from a propellant leak knocked out communications. Post-flight analysis indicates the vehicle self destructed after fire from ...

Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, which returned to the Texas launchpad where the so-called “chopsticks ...

SpaceX marked a significant advancement in rocket reusability on Mar. 7 when the launch tower successfully caught its Super Heavy booster during Starship’s eighth test flight, though the mission ...

A SpaceX Super Heavy rocket booster as tall as a 20-story building ... speeds compresses the air in front of it, and the quick compression of air molecules creates a shock wave that triggers ...

The mission was a bit of mixed bag, with the team successfully catching the first-stage Super Heavy booster on its return to the launchpad, but losing the Starship spacecraft in a midair explosion ...

Starship hardware has made it to the pad ahead of a planned liftoff this week. The milestone keeps the company on track to launch the eighth-ever Starship test flight this Friday (Feb. 28).