When SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California on Monday evening (Feb. 10), it was just another flight for the company to boost its growing Starlink internet satellite constellation.

It was not immediately known whether the spacecraft's self-destruct system had kicked in to blow it up after the 403-foot rocket blasted off from Texas. SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back ...

Starship had been expected to launch again Monday. A previous launch ended in an explosion over the Caribbean, and sent ...