SpaceX’s highly anticipated ninth Starship test flight ended in failure after a series of critical malfunctions mid-mission. Launched on May 27, 2025, from Starbase in Texas, the spacecraft initially achieved a successful ascent but quickly spiraled out of control due to a fuel system leak.

Elon Musk hailed Starship’s latest test flight as a “big improvement” despite his rocket appearing to explode into pieces during its return to Earth on Wednesday morning.

SpaceX's Starship, the colossal rocket envisioned for moon and Mars missions, experiences a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" during its ninth test flight.

The pair will return with astronauts who arrived last September on a SpaceX rescue mission, which included two empty seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams. Rocketing toward orbit from NASA's ...

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule ...

SpaceX's Dragon capsule arrived at the Interntaional Space Station on Monday, Sept. 30 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

SpaceX has temporarily grounded its Falcon 9 rockets after it suffered a malfunction during the launch of a rescue mission for two astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until ...

Live updates from Saturday's SpaceX Starlink 12-22 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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