SpaceX’s latest test of its upgraded Starship ended in a fireball on the pad, a stark reminder that rapid iteration in rocketry still carries very public risks. The ground test, intended as a routine ...

(Bloomberg) -- 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 event. Video ...

SpaceX Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing… No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The SpaceX teams need time to investigate before they ...

Video of the event shows a blast erupting from the bottom half of the 20-story-tall craft as SpaceX was performing structural tests in the predawn darkness. The Super Heavy booster, dubbed Booster 18, ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --SpaceX's Starship booster exploded during testing of the new Super Heavy in South Texas early Friday. The incident was captured during SpaceX's livestream around 4 a.m. CST. SpaceX has ...

SpaceX rolled out the next generation of Starship to Masseys for testing, but during a routine gas system pressure test as SpaceX calls it, the Liquid Oxygen Tank ruptured. This leaves SpaceX with no ...

SpaceX has confirmed that its third-gen Super Heavy Booster, the first stage of the two-stage Starship system, suffered an explosive gas failure of sorts during testing on Thursday morning. In a post ...

(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 ...

The loss of Booster 18 during gas pressure testing only cost SpaceX the shell of a booster. There were no raptor engines in it. UPDATE SpaceX says they will stack the Booster 19 Super Heavy Booster in ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - 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 ...

During the pre-dawn hours in South Texas on Friday morning, SpaceX’s next-generation Starship first stage suffered some sort of major damage during pre-launch testing. The company had only rolled the ...