"Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn," SpaceX said in a statement. "Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause.

Starship's expected one-hour test went awry when controllers lost communication with the ship about 8.5 minutes into flight — long before the spacecraft's intended splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX has turned heads and tested boundaries with each test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. And the latest mission of the nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter ...

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into its seventh test flight. The 400ft rocket - the biggest and most powerful in the world - soared from Boca Chica, south Texas ...