As SpaceX builds a new launch pad at Boca Chica, it is also building another huge mechanical chopsticks tower that has a slight difference. As the week rolled ...

4:44 p.m. update: For just the second time, SpaceX has successfully landed the Starship’s Super Heavy booster at its launch tower. It was guided back to Earth, where it was caught by so-called ...

Mechanical arms at the Starship launch tower successfully catch the returned booster during the seventh flight test on Jan. 16. Credit: SpaceX screenshot SpaceX has faced criticism for its ...

18 (UPI) --The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's launch ... of mechanical arms on the launch tower, called "chopsticks" by the company, grabbed the Starship's returning fuel ...

Starship is scheduled to lift off Monday at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) from Starbase, SpaceX 's manufacturing and launch site in ...

SpaceX later said the uncrewed spacecraft was destroyed. "It served as a reminder that development testing by ...

when the Super Heavy booster returned to the launch pad and was successfully caught by the tower arms commonly referred to as the "chopsticks." SpaceX launched its xixth fully stacked Starship ...

Ahead of the launch, Musk's company also upgraded the booster 'catch' tower after it was damaged during a previous test flight in November. It's not the first time a SpaceX Starship has been lost ...

A Starship launch tower already stands at the historic Florida launch pad. For this mission, SpaceX had made some changes. Ahead of the launch, the objectives and features for this ship were ...

SpaceX, meanwhile ... stand where it was plucked out of mid air by giant mechanical arms on the launch tower. The Starship, meanwhile, continued toward space on the power of its six engines.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight ... RAGING FIRES A minute before the loss, SpaceX used the launch tower's giant mechanical arms to catch the returning booster ...

After a short delay, the Starship launched at 5:37 p.m. EST from SpaceX's massive Starbase in southern Texas. SpaceX successfully caught the returning rocket booster at the launch tower using ...