Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, was set to lift off during a one-hour window that opened at 5:30 p.m. CT.

employed reusable heat shield tiles. Those were part of the space agency's Space Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Protection System ...

Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set for another test flight. During its last test run in January, the spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, raining debris over populated islands.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Elon Musk during his visit to the US, where Musk gifts him a heat shield tile from SpaceX's Starship rocket. This tile, from Starship Flight Test 5, symbolizes ...

This problem has proven extremely difficult since the rocket shakes when launched/reentering Earth's atmosphere, which can cause the orbital heat shield tiles to break. Musk was asked if ...

Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday that the government has been thorough in its handling of the aftermath of the ...

SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper ...

Thursday's test flight, with the launch window opening at 6:30 p.m. ET, will attempt to deploy four Starlink simulators from ...

The search for debris from the exploded SpaceX Starship rocket that fell in Bahamian territory last week is set to expand to Andros after reports that some debris has washed ...

October 13, 2024." The gift is reportedly a heat shield tile that was part of the Starship rocket that was part of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's fifth flight test, which took place in October last year.

For example, SpaceX removed some heat-shield tiles from the Flight 8 upper stage ... and CEO Elon Musk — economically feasible. The rocket flew in a fully stacked configuration for the first ...