SpaceX has started preparations for the eighth flight test of its mighty Starship rocket, which could take place before the end of this month.

Flight 7 Recap SpaceX launched Starship Flight 7 on Jan 16 in another afternoon launch. The initial ascent with Booster 14 ...

The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship has successfully taken off from Boca Chica, Texas. Newsweek's live blog is ...

Starship's previous six test flights occurred in April and November of 2023 and March, June, October and November of last ...

45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies “go” for launch. 3 seconds: Engine controller commands engine ignition ... The photos show stage separation to booster catch. Super Heavy booster going from ...

Mechanical arms at the Starship launch tower successfully catch the returned booster during the seventh flight test on Jan. 16. Credit: SpaceX screenshot ... with a reused engine from the booster ...

SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas catching the booster for just the second time back at the launch site, but suffering a loss of ...

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 ...

The rocket booster revved up the 33 engines at its base, sending a loud roar across Starbase, the SpaceX launch site near Brownsville, Texas. For the first time, one of those 33 Raptor engines had ...

As the falling booster approached SpaceX's Texas facilities, it nailed a complex maneuver that had happened only once before. The booster fired its engines to lower itself to a catch tower ...

While the Starship is lost, the mission's first-stage booster successfully returned to the launch tower, where it was caught by the tower's robotic arms.

SpaceX had outfitted the launch tower with radar sensors to more accurately locate the rocket stage during the catch process. The booster was also re-using one of the rocket engines from a ...