SpaceX launched a new Starship rocket on Thursday ... 8.5 minutes into flight — long before the spacecraft's intended splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Videos on X reportedly showed it breaking ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --SpaceX launched a new round of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Monday evening from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 rocket launched shortly ...

Latest SpaceX Starship flight has momentous splashdown but diverts from booster catch attempt The sixth test flight last November skipped the attempt because of some sensor damage done to the ...

rocket-powered splashdown in the Indian Ocean. For the third flight in a row, SpaceX planned an attempt to "catch" the Super Heavy first stage after it propelled the Starship out of the lower ...

SpaceX was not yet ready to try a recovery landing of the upper stage, though, and it was going to try a splashdown again a little more than an hour after launch. On board were 10 Starlink-size ...

SpaceX is not yet ready to try a recovery landing of the upper stage, though, so it will aim for a splashdown again a little more than an hour after launch. On board will be 10 Starlink-size ...

During the upcoming trial, SpaceX will once again have the option to switch paths midflight and execute an ocean splashdown of the booster if safety issues arise. But SpaceX indicated its hopes ...

This successful test culminated in a controlled splashdown. The fifth flight test, on October 13, 2024, was another achievement for SpaceX. In this mission, the Super Heavy booster was ...

The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX plans to once again attempt to return the rocket booster and ...

Catch Conditions: Booster only returns if systems are healthy, with final manual command for catch or soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX has announced that the Starship team is "go for ...