A SpaceX rocket exploded at its Cape Canaveral launch pad Thursday morning, destroying the rocket and the satellite it was due to launch on Saturday.SpaceX said there were no injuries as a result of the explosion, which it described as an "anomaly." SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the...
The Super Heavy booster lands on the company's launch tower during the fifth Starship flight on Oct. 13, 2024. SpaceX SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket's more than 20-story tall booster. ...
SpaceX said the Starship rocket experienced "a rapid unscheduled disassembly" during ascent. Flights were grounded at some Florida airports as a result of debris, but operations are now running normally.SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded during a test flight, months after a previous failed launch a...
"The rocket is currently in flames," Robin Seemangal, a reporter with the Observer, tweeted. "Small explosions can be heard. The explosion occurred during a static test fire." The Falcon 9 rocket was originally meant to launch an Israeli satellite this weekend....
The test flight did mark progress compared with the last test seven months ago, whichended in an explosiona few minutes after liftoff,raining debris over the nearby areaand destroying its launch pad. Advertisement That explosion, too, was triggered by the rocket’...
The enormous Starship roared off a launch pad in southern Texas on 20 April and exploded before it reached space, ending the first major test flight of the largest rocket ever built. Starship and its booster cleared the launch pad and soared to 39 kilometres high, then rotated out of ...
SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Elon Musk's defense contractor designed its Starship Super Heavy with the ambition of taking people and supplies on a Mars mission one day. The Starship is the largest rocket ever built or launched....
SpaceX boss Elon Musk was in the control room for launch. It's fair to say he didn't look thrilled when Starship failed to separate. But he will know today was a major step forward in his efforts to build a rocket big enough to one day take people to the Moon, and Mars...
SpaceX after test flight explosion: "Success comes from what we learn" The SpaceX Starship maneuvers for a second stage separation before exploding on April 20. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images) SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launch pad on th...
Debris is seen in the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District area in Port Isabel, Texas, after the launch of SpaceX Starship on April 20. (Rob Nixon) After the launch and subsequent midair explosion of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, Rob Nixon said particles fell from the sky on Thursday...