SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship Flight 11 from its Texas Starbase, to test engine restarts, heat shields and landing procedures ahead of future Mars missions.
The upcoming flight will test several upgrades designed for future missions. Super Heavy will attempt a new landing sequence, firing five of its 33 Raptor engines to control its descent.
SpaceX’s Starship completed its tenth test flight with both stages performing controlled splashdowns, providing vital data for future reusability.
The 10th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket was called off after engineers detected issues with the launchpad infrastructure.
SpaceX launched its ninth Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas, reaching space before both stages broke apart mid-mission. Here's a look at the stunning visuals of Starship Flight 9 from space.
During the flight, the spacecraft's heat shield was supposed to be tested. However, control was lost due to suspected fuel leaks.
On 15 May, Musk said Starship could lift off for Mars by the end of 2026. That flight will carry Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus. It’s a test before sending humans as early as 2029.
SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends in partial failure as upper stage explodes mid-air, marking the second consecutive failure despite improvements.
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded in space shortly after liftoff from Boca Chica, Texas. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket system launched at around 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Super Heavy booster successfully returning to land. However, minutes after launch, the upper stage of Starship began spinning uncontrollably, and the rocket's engines shut down. SpaceX lost contact with the spacecraft, and the mission ended in failure. Videos from the Bahamas and south Florida showed fiery debris streaking across the sky. This marked SpaceX's second consecutive failure for the Starship program in 2025, following a similar explosion in January. The Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops at airports in Florida due to space debris. The failure undermines Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to develop Starship for satellite deployment, as well as for human missions to the Moon and Mars, marking a setback for SpaceX’s rapid development goals.
A few minutes after blasting off on Thursday from south Texas, the rocket’s two portions split apart as planned
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SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST.
Live of the sixth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship. This flight test aims to expand the envelope on ship and booster capabilities and get closer to bringing reuse of the entire system online. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to attend the launch.
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Towering almost 400 feet (121 metres), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.
The exact reasons for the Super Heavy booster's break-up and Starship's failure after engine shutdown remain unknown.
Starship, along with a powerful rocket called Super Heavy, makes a reusable system to take people and things to space, the Moon, Mars, and beyond
Referring to Elon Musk, Anand Mahindra said, 'Most would be terminally daunted by such a ‘failure.’ But when you set up each initiative as a learning experiment...'
SpaceX is set to make a second attempt to launch the Starship spacecraft, the world's most powerful rocket built to take astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The first scheduled launch on April 17 was aborted less than 10 minutes ahead of time due to a pressurisation issue in the first-stage booster. Starship is a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon and travel to Mars and beyond. Watch the launch live here on Moneycontrol.
SpaceX had planned to fly the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border.
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A SpaceX rocket booster burst into flames during a ground test firing in Texas Monday.