SpaceX lost contact with the Starship upper stage, known as Ship. It's currently unknown what caused the problem, but one thing is certain: Ship went out with a bang. The 171-foot-tall (52 meters) spacecraft exploded over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks ...

Dramatic footage showing streaks of light zipping across the sky surfaced online following Elon Musk's Starship explosion over the Atlantic Ocean.

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded shortly after liftoff on a test flight Thursday. Jan. 16, 2025. (Greg Munch/TMX)

The incident in which a SpaceX rocket broke up after launch demonstrates the challenges the FAA will face as the number of commercial space flights increases.

Live updates from Monday afternoon’s SpaceX Starlink 12-7 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX’s next Starlink mission and second launch of the week from California was the Group 11-6 mission, which launched from SLC-4E at VSFB. The four-hour launch window opened on Friday, Jan. 24, at 5:54 AM PST (13:54 UTC). The launch took place at 6:07 AM PST (14:07 UTC) carrying 23 V2 Mini satellites to LEO.

Who's up for a late-night launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts after liftoff.

The Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell communications capabilities — from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Tuesday, Jan. 21, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 13-1 mission. Original story: Get ready for another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to take flight overnight from ...

A joint military task force recently conducted search and rescue training off Florida’s east coast as agencies prepare for an expected increase in human travel to space.

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.