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SpaceX has just test fired a Super Heavy booster ahead of the Starship’s ninth flight test. The ground-based firing of the world’s most powerful rocket took place at SpaceX’s Starbase site ...

NASA's Space Shuttle successfully reached orbit during its first attempt in April 1981. The Saturn V rocket that launched the ...

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SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first mission to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage. The company performed a static-fire test ...

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...

The falling debris from the failed 8th Starship test flight also caused flight delays and diversions. The falling debris from the failed 8th Starship test flight also caused flight delays ...

SpaceX’s Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk’s rocket program after a failure ...

Elon Musk reinforced his intention on Friday for SpaceX to launch an uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026. The ambitious goal is one Musk, the founder and CEO of the commercial spaceflight ...

BREAKING NEWS. WHAT? WHAT IS GOING ON? DUDE, IT’S NOT A UFO, ALIENS OR A PLANE CRASH. THAT’S SPACEX’S STARSHIP DEBRIS RAINING DOWN OVER FLORIDA AND THE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT. MANY OF YOU CALLED ...