The Super Heavy booster successfully landed using the "chopsticks" mechanism before the unmanned rocket was apparently destroyed. SpaceX aims to utilize Starship for lunar missions with NASA and ...

While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful return of the rocket booster to the launch pad – the Starship spacecraft itself was lost during the flight and ...

A minute before the loss, SpaceX used the launch tower’s giant mechanical arms to catch the returning booster, a feat achieved only once before. The descending booster hovered over the launch pad ...

as they successfully caught the first stage booster upon its return to Earth, but lost communications with the Starship as it broke up while heading into space. The more than 400-foot rocket ...

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)(Eric Gay / AP) SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

But Blue Origin did not reach its bonus goal of guiding part of the New Glenn rocket called the first-stage booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform after takeoff. That maneuver ...

SpaceX added that the rocket used Thursday is a new version of the Starship. While the Starship is lost, the super heavy first-stage booster successfully executed a controlled descent back to the ...