Low clouds may have spoiled the view from the ground, but a Falcon 9 set a new record early Saturday as SpaceX pushes ...

A minute before the loss, SpaceX used the launch tower’s giant mechanical arms to catch the returning booster, a feat achieved only once before. The descending booster hovered over the launch pad ...

Musk wrote. The test wasn't a total botch, though. SpaceX managed to successfully complete the rocket booster return and catch at the launch pad for the second time ever. The booster was caught ...

The booster instead splashed down in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica ...

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)(Eric Gay / AP) SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful return of the rocket booster to the launch pad – the Starship spacecraft itself was lost during the flight and ...

One of the world's biggest games of catch was played in Texas on Friday morning... but with a rocket booster instead of a ball. The space company SpaceX launched its new giant rocket, called the ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said the ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship ...

SpaceX added that the rocket used Thursday is a new version of the Starship. While the Starship is lost, the super heavy first-stage booster successfully executed a controlled descent back to the ...