It's the latest in a string of setbacks for the mega-rocket, which SpaceX hopes to use to build Starlink and one day go to Mars.

SpaceX’s Starship completed its ninth integrated flight test (IFT-9) on May 27, 2025, as it moves closer to full reusability.

A SpaceX heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle exploded late Wednesday during a preflight procedure at Starbase in Texas as the company tested its upper stage.

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on ...

SpaceX's Starship exploded in a fiery blaze during a routine engine test in Texas – raising questions about what's next for Elon Musk's company.

Starship’s ninth flight test marked a major milestone for reuse with the first flight-proven Super Heavy booster launching from Starbase, and once more returned Starship to space → https://t ...

The debris fell into the Indian Ocean away from inhabited areas. SpaceX was unable to conduct several tests it had planned during the flight, such as deploying simulators of the next-generation ...

As Starship was being prepared for its 10th flight test, it "experienced a major anomaly" and exploded at Starbase, Texas.

Musk would like to send the Starship to Mars during the next transit window, which lasts from November 2026 through January ...

The late-night explosion at SpaceX's rocket development complex in Starbase, Texas, destroyed the bullet-shaped upper stage ...

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches on a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on May 27, 2025. Eric Gay / AP ...

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during an engine test in Texas. The incident occurred shortly before a planned static-fire test.