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A collection of 70 payloads manifested onto SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission. Image: SpaceX Update June 23, 2:23 p.m. EDT: SpaceX pushed back the launch time. SpaceX completed its fourth launch of the year as part of its dedicated smallsat rideshare program, which is set to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base…

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update June 23, 2:19 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship. Following a last minute abort Sunday morning, SpaceX launched its 260th orbital…

Elon Musk is making his boldest move yet in finance. The visionary billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX is now transforming X—formerly Twitter—into a decentralized finance powerhouse. If successful, Musk could deliver the Western version of WeChat, combining social media, investing, payments, and crypto all in one app. X to Launch…

The latest catastrophic explosion of a Starship upper stage is a significant setback for SpaceX By Mike Wall & SPACE.com A view of SpaceX’s Starbase launch complex in South Texas on April 17, 2025. A Starship upper stage test vehicle is visible in the background. Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images…

By Jaspreet Singh and Cassell Bryan-Low (Reuters) -SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a…

A SpaceX Starship vehicle has exploded yet again, and this time, it happened before it even took off. NASASpaceflight has captured the event in a livestream, wherein you can see the spacecraft (Ship 36) suddenly explode into a fireball after the company tested its forward flap and just before it…

One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 suffered “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11:00 pm…

One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 underwent “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11pm on Wednesday (0400…

A SpaceX Starship upper stage, or ship, being prepared for an earlier test flight. The ship for the tenth test flight exploded during ground tests June 19. Credit: SpaceX Updated 9:45 a.m. Eastern with Musk comment on potential cause. To continue reading this article: Register now and get 3 free…

Starship Ship 36 explodes at SpaceX’s Massey test flight on June 18, 2025. Image: LabPadre Space. Update June 19, 10:51 p.m. EDT: Adding statements from SpaceX and Elon Musk. SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in a catastrophic explosion shortly after 11 p.m. CT (0400 UTC) Wednesday as it was…