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A look back at all of the spectacular tests — and failures — that have punctuated SpaceX's development of its Starship rocket.

Here’s a Video of Every Starship Explosion So Far

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that SpaceX's massive Starship rocket is so loud that its sonic boom could cause property damage back on the ground.

Starship’s Sonic Booms Are So Powerful They Could Damage Structures on the Ground, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

Dramatic Footage Shows SpaceX Starship Exploding After Crashing Into the Ocean

Dramatic Footage Shows SpaceX Starship Exploding After Crashing Into the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

Dramatic footage shows SpaceX Starship's fins being shredded to pieces as the plasma started heating up during reentry.

Starship’s Flight Was Going Great. Then Pieces Started Falling Off on Livestream

By Victor Tangermann

According to an FAA notice, SpaceX could kick off the first orbital test launch of its gigantic Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster next week.

Get Ready to Soil Your Pantaloons! SpaceX About to Test the Mighty Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell reiterated that the company's inaugural orbital launch attempt of its Starship spacecraft could end in an explosion.

SpaceX President Warns That Starship’s Orbital Launch May Explode

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is still hard at work to get its Starship and Super Heavy booster prototypes ready for their big day. But not everything is going according to plan.

SpaceX Tested Starship’s Engines and Accidentally Caused a Large Fire

By Victor Tangermann

A Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space has come up with an absolutely ludicrous rocket design to launch payloads into orbit.

This Might Be the Weirdest-Looking Rocket We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype Suddenly Goes Up in Flames

SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype Suddenly Goes Up in Flames

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, SpaceX has managed to lift and place its Super Heavy rocket booster onto its launch pad using its "chopsticks"-wielding launch tower.

SpaceX Finally Lifts Super Heavy Booster Using Giant Robot Arms

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hooked up the pair of massive "chopsticks" of its 460-foot "Mechazilla" tower to its latest Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20.

SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has tested out its massive "chopstick" tower, a structure designed to guide its Starship and Super Heavy booster during launches and landings.

SpaceX Tests Giant “Chopsticks” For Catching Starship as It Lands

By Victor Tangermann

Animator and SpaceX enthusiast Corey Bass has rendered an amazingly photorealistic sequence of a Starship and Super Heavy booster launching to space.

Gorgeous New Animation Shows Starship Going Orbital

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX’s Orbital Starship Prototype Just Fired Up All Its Engines

SpaceX’s Orbital Starship Prototype Just Fired Up All Its Engines

By Victor Tangermann

Two adjacent Raptor engines recently installed on SpaceX's Super Heavy booster prototype on Wednesday were numbered "RB4" and "RB20" — the weed number 420.

SpaceX Installs Rocket Engines on Starship Booster to Spell “420”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is hoisting its first flightworthy Super Heavy booster prototype onto its orbital launch pad at the company's testing facilities in South Texas.

SpaceX Lifts Massive Starship Booster Onto Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann