The sixth flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket, set for takeoff on Tuesday from South Texas, will test the vehicle’s limits in new ways. Most importantly, SpaceX will attempt to briefly reignite ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the Raptor engine of its Starship launch vehicle is not perfect and needs a few more changes. What Happened: “Still a few final touches to perfect Raptor,” ...

Watch how powerful a SpaceX Raptor engine looks while conducting a long duration test fire at a 15 degree gimbal. Views of ...

BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — SpaceX was hoping to strike gold twice with another chopsticks catch of the Starship's rocket booster during its sixth-test flight, but that did not happen on Tuesday evening ...

SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally overcoming technical problems that plagued the program’s two previous launches. But minutes into ...

WASHINGTON — The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time. SpaceX released details May ...

Watch SpaceX douse a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's Super Heavy and Starship rockets are powered by 39 total Raptor engines ...