SpaceX tested its huge Starship launch system for the eighth time on Thursday. The company caught the booster out of midair, but lost another upper stage in space.
SpaceX on Thursday afternoon launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, after a failed January test, at Starbase in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 ... in the destruction of the main Starship rocket. That updated Starship experienced ...
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 ...
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.
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Lifting off a little after 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the 403-foot rocket was making its eighth suborbital launch attempt, and SpaceX was able to perform the third-ever catch of the booster back at the ...
Days after NASA astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth after an extended nine-month space mission, a video claiming to ...
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth test flight of the massive Starship rocket on Monday, which will include another attempt to catch its Super Heavy booster at the launchpad with mechanical ...
(CNN) — SpaceX launched the eighth integrated ... While the company was successful in capturing a booster from the rocket as it returned to the launch tower, the Starship spacecraft was lost.
Currently, SpaceX is aiming for a 6:30 p.m. EST liftoff time on March 6 for the Starship Flight 8 launch. The company originally tried to launch Flight 8 on Monday, but encountered undisclosed Booster ...
Starship, the world's largest rocket, could fly again as soon as Friday on its second launch of the year if SpaceX receives a green light from federal regulators in time. The daring booster catch ...