SpaceX successfully completed the sixth test launch of its Starship vehicle Tuesday, but skipped the anticipated "booster catch" maneuver before the rocket and spacecraft splashed down.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson hailed the launch as a "success" in a post on Musk's social media platform X, calling it "major progress toward orbital flight." SpaceX's massive Starship vehicle ...

Elon Musk’s massive SpaceX Starship rocket is set for its latest test launch on Tuesday — and Musk hopes to repeat the success of last month’s mission and once again catch the Super Heavy ...

Starship’s fifth flight test was a seminal moment in iterating towards a fully and rapidly reusable launch system. Musk also envisions the Starship as being the vehicle that will take humans to ...

Image President-elect Donald Trump listened as Elon Musk explained the operations in the control room ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket.Credit...Pool photo by Brandon Bell The two ...

The Starship is a two-stage rocket that includes the Starship itself plus the Super Heavy rocket it sits atop. Today's test launch aims to gather data on vehicle performance, including the return ...

The sixth Starship flight test saw SpaceX once again attempt to catch the rocket’s Super Heavy booster using “chopstick” arms at the launch tower at the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, ...