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 ...

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 ...

Before the ship loss, the company successfully demonstrated how its massive mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” caught the rocket booster at the launch pad for the second time ever.

(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.

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 Starship ...

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 ...