SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the …
Jan 16, 2025 · SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said the spacecraft’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with contact lost just 8 1/2 minutes into the flight.
SpaceX Explosion: Elon Musk Calls Incident Entertaining
Jan 17, 2025 · Preliminary findings suggest the explosion was caused by an oxygen/fuel leak in a cavity above the engine firewall, resulting in a fire that overwhelmed the venting system, Musk said. Corrective...
Elon Musk weighs in on SpaceX Starship's 'rapid unscheduled …
Jan 17, 2025 · SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
Updates - SpaceX
On Thursday, February 10 from Starbase in Texas, SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk provided an update on the development of Starship, a fully reusable transportation system capable of carrying passengers and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket ... - CBS News
Oct 14, 2024 · Snagging the descending 23-story-tall Super Heavy booster with the mechazilla arms represented an unprecedented milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop fully reusable, quickly re-launchable...
SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk ...
Jan 17, 2025 · SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.
SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, will ...
19 hours ago · SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday with Starlink internet-beaming satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 2:21 p.m. ET, according to ...
Elon Musk's Starship rocket achieves record-breaking feat - BBC
Oct 13, 2024 · Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has completed a world first after part of it was captured on its return to the launch pad. The SpaceX vehicle's lower half manoeuvred back beside its launch tower...
SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster for first time ever as it
Oct 13, 2024 · Elon Musk has shared an understated message on X, following the successful return of Starship's Super Heavy booster to the Texas. "Good morning," he simply writes, alongside a picture of the...
SpaceX launches Starship rocket, but passes up catching it | AP News
Nov 20, 2024 · SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Wednesday via X that the booster catch was aborted due to lost communication with a launch tower computer. At the same time, the empty spacecraft launched from Texas atop Starship soared across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to October’s test flight.