SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper stage was lost about nine minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...
The next launch attempt for Starship, which has yet to reach orbit on any of its flights, is now targeted for 6:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, SpaceX said.
That super heavy first-stage booster executed a controlled ... such as satellites and cargo, than other launch vehicles currently in use and can support long-duration missions to the Moon and ...
The company notched another successful booster catch but lost contact with the Starship spacecraft at roughly the same point ...
As of Tuesday, the Super Heavy rocket booster had been rolled out to the launch pad amid preparations to ready the vehicle to get off the ground for the eighth time since April 2023. The launch window ...
That mission was a mixed bag; SpaceX caught Super Heavy with the "chopstick" arms of Starbase's launch tower about seven ... and ultimately triggered the vehicle's autonomous flight termination ...
"We have some more to learn about this vehicle." Spectators in ... SpaceX plans to bring both Super Heavy and Ship back to Starbase for launch-tower catches. This strategy will reduce the time ...
Its most recent mission, which occurred on Jan. 16, featured both successes and failures. For example, SpaceX caught the returning Super Heavy back at Starbase with the launch tower's "chopstick" arms ...