SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, according to reports from residents.

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 ...

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 has ...

The test flight will be a repeat of what SpaceX hoped to achieve on the previous Starship launch in January, when the rocket ...

Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...

The loss of the engines meant the Ship began to lose altitude and then an eventual loss of communications with SpaceX, which resulted in the RUD protocol being initiated, or Rapid Unscheduled ...

SpaceX commentator Dan Huot said telemetry showed engines going out with only about ... which also saw a successful catch of the Super Heavy booster, but the Starship spacecraft blew up after ...

Several of Ship's six Raptor engines conked out toward ... which launched on Jan. 16. SpaceX pulled off a Super Heavy chopsticks catch on that day as well, and it lost Ship at about the same ...

The test will also see the Super Heavy boosters, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, return to the launchpad in Texas, where SpaceX is hoping to catch the massive boosters with its Mechazilla ...

Thirty-three Raptor engines propelled the 404-foot-tall (123. ... then guided itself back to the Texas coastline for a catch by mechanical arms on the launchpad’s tower. SpaceX is now 3-for-3 with ...