SpaceX will attempt to launch its Starship megarocket on a key test flight Tuesday, months after two launches both failed when the upper-stage vehicle exploded and rained debris over the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Caribbean.
SpaceX is set to conduct its ninth test flight of its Starship spacecraft after the vessel that it plans to ultimately use to send humans to space exploded in the sky during the two previous tests.
SpaceX is expected to launch a ninth uncrewed test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. The mission comes after two prior tests ended in explosive failure. Follow for live updates.
The Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle blasted off from SpaceX's Starbase in Texas for its ninth test flight. During its seventh and eight flights, the Starship exploded just a few minutes after launch.
SpaceX's Starship flew for 46 minutes during its ninth test before breaking up over the Indian Ocean, while its Super Heavy booster was lost during descent.
SpaceX’s massive Starship blasted off into the sky on Tuesday night for its ninth test flight following back-to-back failures earlier this year – but the mission faltered in orbit and the ship burned up as it plunged back toward Earth’s atmosphere.
SpaceX’s Starship was launched into space Tuesday evening, but the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket ever built spun out of control and broke up on its latest test flight. The Tuesday night takeoff was the third test flight in 2025 and the ninth since testing started in April 2023.
STARBASE, Texas >> SpaceX’s Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday but spun out of control about halfway through its flight without achieving some of its most important testing goals, bringing fresh engineering hurdles to CEO Elon Musk’s increasingly turbulent Mars rocket program.
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