SpaceX is ready to conduct a high-altitude flight test of Starship prototype SN9, and our fingers are crossed that it’ll finally happen today. You can watch the action live right here. Update: 3:47 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that it will oversee the investigation of Tuesday's "landing mishap" involving SpaceX’s prototype Starship SN9 rocket. Starship SN9 crash landed ...

SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype failed to ignite one of its engines upon landing, so it slammed into the ground and exploded on February 2, 2021. Left: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters; Right: SPadre.com ...

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SpaceX on Tuesday crashed its second Starship prototype in South Texas, continuing its fast-paced cadence of flying, failing and fixing. The launch of Starship SN9, standing for Serial No. 9, occurred ...

Harlingen, Texas (KVEO)—After days of back-and-forth wrangling with the Federal Aviation Administration, the much-awaited launch of SpaceX’s SN9 Starship rocket came to an explosive end Tuesday when ...

Update for 4:30 pm ET: SpaceX launched its Starship SN9 prototype at 3:25 p.m. EDT. The vehicle reached an altitude of 10 kilometers, but failed to land successfully. Read our full story here.