While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

By Kenneth Chang The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket failed on Thursday as the vehicle’s upper stage experienced a catastrophic malfunction as it headed upward to space.

WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s seventh Starship/Super Heavy test flight ended prematurely Jan. 16 when the Starship upper stage was apparently lost while ascending into space. The vehicle lifted off ...

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The heavy-lift vehicle's second stage ... that lead in terms of human access to space. So this is exciting," he said. New Glenn's first-stage booster lost on landing try The New Glenn first ...

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SpaceX said Thursday that its Starship space vehicle broke up during a flight ... Shortly after SpaceX said it lost touch with the spacecraft, videos emerged on social media showing debris ...

SpaceX lost contact with Ship around 8.5 minutes into flight, apparently after the vehicle suffered some kind ... the company's launch webcast. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

SpaceX conducted the seventh flight test of its Starship launch vehicle on ... to Earth, but lost communications with the Starship as it broke up while heading into space. The more than 400 ...