Read the rest of Thomas's analysis The Starship prototype had been modified significantly since its sixth test flight in November. It was due to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near-loop ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed ...

Flights near the Turks and Caicos islands were spotted diverting to avoid debris after SpaceX's Starship exploded on Thursday. SpaceX was conducting its seventh test flight of its unmanned ...

SpaceX's latest test launch of its Starship spacecraft on Thursday resulted in the destruction of its vehicle, after the spacecraft broke up just over eight minutes after its blast-off. The company ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket failed in space eight minutes after launching from Texas, the company has said. Before the loss, SpaceX caught a Super Heavy booster at the launch pad. SpaceX lost the ...

SpaceX caught the Starship rocket's Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on Thursday during a seventh test flight of the system. Soon after the ...

SpaceX conducted the seventh flight test of its Starship launch vehicle on Thursday, which the company called "the most capable" Starship yet -- and the only fully reusable one. It was a mixed bag ...

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded minutes after launch from Texas on Thursday, leading the aerospace company to declare the vessel a "loss" in the seventh test ...

A SpaceX Starship exploded during a test flight on Thursday evening. The vehicle was meant to fly from Starbase in South Texas before crashing into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX said the Starship ...

A SpaceX Starship exploded during a test flight on Thursday evening. The vehicle was meant to fly from Starbase in South Texas before crashing into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX said the Starship ...