The Latest Breaking News from SpaceX

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

The flight plan had called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 20, 2023

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after historic launch

The biggest space rocket ever developed blew up over the ocean

Manchester Evening News · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes minutes after blast-off

The mission ended with a bang

Wales Online · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes after launch

The Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to send astronauts to the moon, Mars or beyond.

Al Jazeera · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX Starship explodes during flight test

BOCA CHICA, Texas: SpaceX on Thursday launched its next-generation Starship cruise vehicle atop the most powerful rocket ever built, in a highly anticipated, uncrewed test flight.

Bangkok Post · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX's Starship soars, then explodes in major test flight

SpaceX hopes Starship will one day fly people and cargo to deep space destinations like the Moon and even Mars.

Axios · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket clears the launch pad but explodes

On its first test flight Thursday morning, SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket cleared the launch pad, soared into the south Texas sky, but ultimately exploded into a trail of smoke.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX launch of Starship a success, despite explosion minutes after takeoff

SpaceX's Starship launched on the first of many test flights it will undergo before it is ready to ferry astronauts to the moon.

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship, world’s biggest rocket, explodes during test flight

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

France 24 · Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX launches world’s biggest rocket but it blows up within minutes

Historic launch ends in an explosion high in the atmosphere as booster rocket fails to separate

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023