SpaceX has shared dramatic footage and images of its Super Heavy booster firing up ahead of its eighth test flight.

The Reusable Revolution Since the first satellites were put into orbit with Sputnik in 1957, to the 1969 Moon landing, the 1971 first space station, and the 2001 first space tourist, all access to ...

Excitement is building at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, as the company moves closer to the eighth test flight of its massive Starship rocket. The Starship system includes the ...

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

It could be a banner day for spaceflight today (Feb. 4), with five rocket launches planned in 24 hours, four of them from the ...

This week at Starbase, construction continues on booster 17, Ship 34 receives its raptor engines and the new chopstick ...

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 ...

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

However, as crowds cheered the booster's return, the company said it had lost contact with Starship as the engines went out. A host on SpaceX's livestream ... the booster 'catch' tower after ...

A few hours later, SpaceX launched a ... and a perfect catch safely executed by the launch tower's mechanical arms. Meanwhile, the Starship spacecraft encountered problems in flight when several of ...

SpaceX was later able to relight all 13 engines to perform the landing burn, enabling catch of the booster. Slowed by a final landing burn with three engines at 6 min. 35 sec. into the flight ...