"The most probable root cause for the loss of ship was identified as a harmonic response several times stronger in flight than had been seen during testing, which led to increased stress on hardware ...

"The light show was completely silent — we didn’t hear anything. But the reflection on the water from the burning debris was ...

Back on January 16, 2025, SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 exploded after launch. Now, Starship Flight 8, which was essentially a re-do of that mission, has also exploded. Seven minutes after ...

Starship will also test new technologies to ... as well as an upgrade to igniters for the Raptor engines to address an issue on Flight 7 where one of 13 engines shut down at ignition during ...

The Starship spacecraft ... In a statement, SpaceX said the Flight 7 explosion was probably caused by a leak in the aft — or rear — section of the vehicle, near a tank that holds super ...

The SpaceX launch of Starship Flight 8 is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. CST. That means it ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. It was just back in January that Starship Flight 7 ended in a similar loss over the Turks and Caicos Islands. Flights prior to this had been ...

FAA OKs SpaceX Starship Flight 8 Launch After Flight 7 Mishap By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it cleared the SpaceX Starship vehicle to ...

"Future upgrades to Starship will introduce the Raptor 3 engine, reducing the attic volume and eliminating the majority of joints that can leak into this volume." SpaceX led the Flight 7 anomaly ...

The FAA said SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the new suborbital test flight. SpaceX's Starship 7 rocket broke up minutes after launching, sending debris ...