SpaceX mission control in Texas lost contact with Starship eight minutes into flight after it separated in space from its Super Heavy first stage booster. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on ...

However, the rocket system's upper stage, which was packed with upgrades for the flight test, did not survive the launch and appeared to break apart over the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean Sea.

The seventh flight of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle did ... The upper part of the rocket system appears to have disintegrated somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico or possibly the Caribbean Sea.

Starship is also outfitted with a brand new avionics, which is the system that guides, navigates and monitors the spacecraft during flight. SpaceX said it implemented a “complete redesign.” ...

The launch can be watched on SpaceX’s X account or its website. The test flight will test a slew of new features and upgrades, such as redesigned propulsion system, new feedline for Raptor engines, ...

The seventh fully-stacked SpaceX Starship lifted off on time from Starbase, Texas, but eight-and-a-half minutes into flight, things started to go wrong. And then they went really wrong as the ...

Key points The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship launched from Texas It is the world's largest and most powerful rocket at nearly 400ft tall Elon Musk's SpaceX is trying to build the first ...

improved Raptor vacuum engine system, and advanced avionics. Heat Shield: Latest generation tiles with backup layer to handle reentry heating. Avionics: Enhanced flight computer, integrated ...

Jeff Bezos’ space company launched its massive new rocket for the first time, aiming to advance the Amazon founder’s lifelong space-exploration ambitions. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket ...

Allsop, from Bedford, New Hampshire, was due to captain Southwest Flight 3772 to Chicago. An image shows police boarding the aircraft to arrest Allsop in the cockpit in front of stunned passengers.