A SpaceX Starship rocket disintegrated spectacularly just minutes after liftoff, raising questions about the risks of modern space exploration. The incident caused disruptions in air traffic and highlighted the challenges private space companies face.

Going forward, SpaceX is likely to offer its gigantic Starship rocket as a competitor to New Glenn, and here, the advantage shifts back to SpaceX. Bigger than New Glenn (120 meters tall versus 98) and with a wider faring to encapsulate cargo (9 meters versus 7), SpaceX's Starship will boast a massive payload advantage over Blue Origin's new rocket.

Want to grab yourself a literal piece of space race history? Now you can, on eBay! Pieces of the recently exploded Starship rocket are making their way to the auction site, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on the size of the chunk and where on the spacecraft it comes from.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early this morning (Jan. 21), five days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday at 12:24 a.m. EST (0524 GMT).

SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time on Thursday. It performed an epic booster catch for the second time, but the Starship exploded shortly after. The launch marked the ...

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer this year had an inauspicious start when the Starship system suffered a setback during the Jan. 16 flight. Minutes after launch, the Block 2 upper stage broke up when a fire developed in the aft section.

SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launching. Watch view of the liftoff in slow motion from a launch tower camera. Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

Jared Isaacman's close relationship with SpaceX and its visionary founder, Elon Musk, suggests a major shift in priorities for NASA.

Elon Musk claims it will be possible to travel to anywhere on Earth within an hour – including London to Hong Kong in 34 minutes.

SpaceX continues to press forward with preparations for Flight 8 of Starship, ranging from vehicle testing and launch site readiness. While SpaceX may have lost Ship 33 during Flight 7 ...

NASA released views of several angles of SpaceX Starship’s second test flight. The massive rocket launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. Credit: NASA Music: The Alabaster Coast by Ha

That’s a big accusation for what stems from a relatively small kerfuffle.