SpaceX's eighth Starship flight test on Thursday resulted in an explosion, the second of such uncrewed tests since January. Nine minutes after the launch, SpaceX lost communication with the ...

And just as that communication breakdown presaged an explosion, so too did this one. The explosion occurred despite SpaceX assuring that what mission teams learned from the seventh flight prompted ...

Thursday's explosion marked yet another flopped launch in just months for Elon Musk's space company. Engines on top of Starship began shutting down as it streaked eastward, and contact was lost.

Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, suffered a major setback Thursday when one of its Starship rockets exploded shortly after liftoff. As The Guardian report ed: SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded ...

The midair explosion on January 16 rained debris over the islands of Turks and Caicos. The Federal Aviation Administration — which licenses commercial rocket launches — is overseeing an ...