The real star of the show — Starship itself, the spacecraft meant to take humans to Mars — lost contact mid-flight, cutting the mission short before it could attempt key objectives.

"Loss of engines and attitude control on SpaceX's Starship Flight 8, failing at about the same time as Flight 7," wrote his colleague, space reporter Stephen Clark. "Some real growing pains for ...

March 15 (Reuters) - SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Friday that Starship is set to depart for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab humanoid bot Optimus.

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 ...

After a failed mission in January, SpaceX on Thursday launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship megarocket, a combination of the ship's upper stage (S34 ...

SpaceX’s massive Starship exploded 10 minutes after taking off Thursday night, sending flaming debris across the night sky – two months after another one of the company’s rockets broke apart ...

The upper portion of SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded once again minutes into its Thursday flight test, creating a cascade of fiery debris visible from Florida to the Caribbean.

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 ...