The stereotypical image of a test pilot is a Yeageresque individual in a flight suit with a test card strapped to one knee, ...

The highly anticipated May 27 test flight of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft ended with the company's third mission failure in a row, following rocket explosions in January and March. SpaceX's ninth test ...

SpaceX's Starship exploded during its ninth test on May 27, 2025, but the flight wasn't a total failure. Credit: SpaceX "Six healthy Raptors running on Ship, on its way to space," a commentator said ...

SpaceX's Starship conducted its ninth test flight Tuesday evening, successfully surpassing the outcomes of two prior test flights that ended in explosions. However, the company lost control of the ...

Elon Musk and SpaceX are getting a little closer to sending humans to Mars, but they still have plenty of work to do. After the last two test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the ...

SpaceX completed another test flight of its massive Starship rocket on Monday, October 13. Starship—billed as the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket—launched at 7:23 p.m. Eastern Time from ...

Running two days late, SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday, chalking up what appeared to be a remarkably successful test flight in the wake of three back-to-back failures earlier ...

SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight ended abruptly on Tuesday when the rocket experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" — the company's favourite euphemism for "exploded." It's the third Starship ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starship's Raptor engines fire as the mega-rocket begins its 11th test flight from Starbase. The mission was the company's ...

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...