SpaceX, Starship and Super Heavy

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)
Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX has demonstrated this jaw-dropping technique.
SpaceX’s massive starship explodes 10 minutes into flight — but completes third ‘catch’ of Super Heavy booster
The company is also celebrating the third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines.
Watch Amazing Views Of How SpaceX's Starship 25 And Super Heavy Booster 9 Liftoff And Separation
SpaceX Starship 25 and Super Heavy booster 9 launched to orbit from the Starbase facility in South Texas. Following the launch, the booster experienced a Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD). Credit: Spa
Another SpaceX Starship lost during test flight despite successful booster catch
“After completing the required and comprehensive safety review, the FAA determined the SpaceX Starship vehicle can return to flight operations while the investigation into the Jan. 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open,” the FAA stated. “The FAA is overseeing the SpaceX-led investigation.”
Elon Musk's SpaceX Successfully Catches Super Heavy Booster With 'Mechazilla,' But Starship Upper Stage Lost In Test Flight
SpaceX marked a significant advancement in rocket reusability on Mar. 7 when the launch tower successfully caught its Super Heavy booster during Starship's eighth test flight, though the mission ended with the loss of the Starship upper stage.
Timeline of SpaceX Starship flight tests—and what happened
SpaceX’s Starship is undergoing a series of test flights to prepare for deep-space missions. With eight flights now completed, find out how each test has unfolded.
FAA investigating SpaceX Starship Flight 8 explosion that disrupted commercial flights
SpaceX's latest Starship to attempt to reach space exploded nine minutes after its launch this week, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. Airports in Florida were forced to halt flights as the threat from impacts extended south to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
SpaceX loses another Starship in latest launch, with debris seen streaking across the sky
SpaceX said it lost contact with its massive Starship rocket during its highly anticipated test launch on Thursday evening.
SpaceX Starship megarocket upper stage lost again during 8th test flight; booster catch is successful
SpaceX on Thursday afternoon launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, after a failed January test, at Starbase in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
SpaceX's Starship explodes midflight again, fiery debris across Florida-Bahamas sky (WATCH)
SpaceX launched the eighth test of its Starship rocket on Thursday, successfully conducting and completing the "catch" of the Super Heavy booster. However, the Starship broke apart less than ten minutes into the flight,
SpaceX successfully launches Starship 8 and lands reusable Super Heavy booster in 8th test flight
The 400-foot-tall Starship took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, with the updated vessel expected to zoom across the Gulf of America and release dummy satellites as practice before a splash down in the Indian Ocean.
MSNBC hosts mock Elon Musk after SpaceX mishap: 'Go back to your day job'
MSNBC host Michael Steele mocked SpaceX CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk after a mishap during one of its flight tests for ...
SpaceX rocket flight test goes very wrong, prompts investigation
SpaceX's Starship rocket loses control and breaks apart minutes after launch, but company says test flights provide valuable ...
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...