Booster 14’s successful landing marked the second time SpaceX successfully recovered one of its Super Heavy boosters, with the first successful landing occurring on Starship’s fifth flight ...
It was a one-step-forward, one-step-back kind of day for SpaceX. The Mechazilla tower once again caught the incoming Starship booster in dramatic ... stage as a human landing system for future ...
SpaceX’s livestream showed the six Raptor engines on Starship’s upper stage starting to blink out as the booster was landing—first one shut down, then the next four cut out in quick succession.
As the Super Heavy rocket booster — the bottommost section, or first stage, of the Starship system — burned through most of its fuel, SpaceX guided the Super Heavy back to a pinpoint landing ...
SpaceX launched a ... catching the booster at the launchpad for potential reuse, deploying the dummy satellites in space, and a targeted water landing. It wasn't immediately known what caused ...
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket ... But the first-stage booster was destroyed, missing its targeted landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic.
SpaceX’s latest Starship rocket test flight Thursday saw the spacecraft break apart during its ascent, just moments after a dramatic, successful booster catch at the launchpad. SpaceX confirmed ...
Chopsticks” catch: Despite the mishap, SpaceX did successfully guide the Super Heavy booster back to a landing at the launch site — making a pinpoint, mid-air touchdown between two extended ...
SpaceX's latest Starship rocket ... but the first-stage booster was destroyed after missing its targeted landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic.
The Super Heavy booster of SpaceX's seventh Starship megarocket comes in for a launch-tower catch shortly after lifting off on a test flight on Jan. 16, 2025. | Credit: SpaceX Flight 7 was ...