It was only the first-stage booster's fifth flight ... t the first time a SpaceX Falcon 9 experienced a mishap during landing. In August 2024, the Starlink 8-6 mission ended with the booster ...

SpaceX put on a brave face about the situation, although the booster, at five flights, was a relative spring chicken compared ...

The launch on the Falcon 9 first ... into launch March 6 (UPI) -- Scientists lost contact with SpaceX's Starship 8 minutes after launch Thursday, the first test flight since the Starship 7 ...

The company did not immediately announce a new launch date, but noted the next try could be as early as Thursday night.

Meanwhile, the EU celebrated a successful satellite deployment on the second launch of its Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is upright on its Kennedy Space ... just over a week in space but they've been there now since June 6 after their spacecraft malfunctioned. NASA polled "Go" to proceed ...