SpaceX postponed its eighth test of the hulking Starship rocket on Monday, following a flight controller hold placed due to a Super Heavy booster issue that wasn’t resolved in time for launch.

One of the goals of the flight was to catch the Super Heavy booster using the chopsticks on the launch tower, which was completed successfully. Starship's upper stage rocket is seen breaking ...

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 ...

The Elon Musk-owned company delighted stargazers last October during its fifth test when it completed the first successful catch of the booster rockets, with Starship itself completing a ...

Update at 5:45 p.m.: SpaceX celebrated the launch of the eighth test flight Starship as the superheavy booster was successfully captured about 7 minutes after it launched from Starbase in South Texas.

BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — SpaceX confirmed a rapid unscheduled disassembly after the company lost control of its Starship during its eighth test on Thursday night, but it was able to catch its ...

The flight profile once again called for the Super Heavy booster to fly back to the launch tower caught on the tower’s pivoting arms called chopsticks. The upper stage Starship then was supposed ...

SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster, which houses the engines and propellant tanks that haul the Starship vehicle off the launchpad just made it into the arms of Mechazilla, SpaceX’s launch tower.

After about 2 ½ minutes of firing, the Super Heavy booster separated as planned from the Starship’s upper stage, setting itself up for a successful landing within the “chopstick” arms of ...