WASHINGTON — A towering first-stage booster for an upgraded version of SpaceX's Starship rocket suffered a predawn testing failure in Texas on Friday, potentially complicating the company's push to ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket soared to new heights for 2025, ending a streak of explosive failures for the Mars-bound vehicle during its latest test flight from Texas. Billionaire Elon Musk and the ...

BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — After coming off a previous Starship test, SpaceX executed the planned 11th launch on Monday evening. The famous 397-foot-tall (121 meter) uncrewed Starship took off at 7:23 ...

(Bloomberg/Loren Grush) — A newly upgraded version of SpaceX’s Starship rocket suffered an apparent failure during a ground test early Friday in South Texas, according to bystander footage of the ...

Boosters are typically test fired in the days and weeks leading up to launches as SpaceX takes measures to ensure they're safe for liftoff. SpaceX has not yet announced a target launch date for its ...

Starship, which stands 403 feet tall when fully stacked, is regarded as the world's largest rocket. The spacecraft is due in the years ahead to help ferry NASA astronauts to the lunar surface and also ...