A Starship launch tower already stands at the historic Florida launch pad. For this mission, SpaceX had made some changes. Ahead of the launch, the objectives and features for this ship were ...

Mechanical arms at the Starship launch tower successfully catch the returned booster during the seventh flight test on Jan. 16. Credit: SpaceX screenshot SpaceX has faced criticism for its ...

As SpaceX builds a new launch pad at Boca Chica, it is also building another huge mechanical chopsticks tower that has a slight difference. As the week rolled ...

Flight 7 Recap SpaceX launched Starship Flight 7 on Jan 16 in another afternoon launch. The initial ascent with Booster 14 ...

That set the stage for Starship's fifth test, during which SpaceX succeeded in catching Super Heavy with the mechanical arms on its launch tower. This is a huge step toward reusability for Starship.

SpaceX has turned heads and tested boundaries with each test flight of Starship, the most powerful ... or “chopsticks,” attached to SpaceX’s launch tower, nicknamed “Mechazilla” by ...

SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch system lifted off on its seventh uncrewed test flight Thursday, with an upgraded version of the megarocket embarking on the program’s most ambitious flight to ...

4:44 p.m. update: For just the second time, SpaceX has successfully landed the Starship’s Super Heavy booster at its launch tower. It was guided back to Earth, where it was caught by so-called ...

SpaceX, however, was successful Thursday in catching Starship's returning fuel booster stage at 6 minutes, 56 seconds after launch. It did so with a pair of mechanical arms on the launch tower ...