Elon Musk has just leaked new details about Starship Flight 6, and this mission could be the most important one yet. With changes to launch timelines, hardware upgrades, and performance expectations, ...

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 ...

SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the flight 6 Starship at their Starbase facility in South Texas. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

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.

Starship tumbles out of control during ninth test flight of SpaceX rocket Elon Musk noted in a post on X it was a “big improvement” from the two previous demos, which ended in flaming debris ...

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launches from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach, March 6, 2025, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

"Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight!" SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk wrote on X. "Also, no significant loss of heat shield tiles during ascent.

In the most recent launch March 6, flight operators lost contact with the upper portion of Starship, which exploded less than 10 minutes into the flight, creating debris visible from Florida to ...

On Flight 6, for example, it stripped heat shield titles in locations where hardware—similar to that of Super Heavy—could be installed. Demonstrating the reusability of both stages is a ...

Across its first 8 flight tests, which began in April 2023, Starship has yet to reach orbit – instead traveling at a lower-altitude on a suborbital trajectory. Starship's first 2 flight tests of ...

Starship's first two flight tests of 2025 – on Jan. 16 and again on March 6 – ended in dramatic explosions that sent cascades of fiery debris streaking across the sky.

SpaceX's Starship conducted its ninth test flight Tuesday evening, successfully surpassing the outcomes of two prior test flights that ended in explosions. However, the company lost control of the ...