The 400-foot-tall Starship rocket is set to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at 7:30 p.m. EST for its ninth test flight, with the company aiming to correct the failures of

As SpaceX gears up for the ninth test flight of its super-heavy Starship launch vehicle, the company has released findings from its investigation into the explosion of the rocket's upper stage, referred to as "ship", during its eighth test flight in March.

SpaceX's Starship continues to miss its goals. In a test that Elon Musk’s company called a “partial success,” Starship was able to reach orbital velocity thanks to the powerful booster – but several failures,

SpaceX’s massive Starship blasted off into the sky on Tuesday night for its ninth test flight following back-to-back failures earlier this year – but the mission faltered in orbit and the ship burned up as it plunged back toward Earth’s atmosphere.

SpaceX's Starship rocket test flight has failed for the third time in a row. Following back-to-back explosions, Elon Musk's space tech company launched the world's biggest rocket from its launch site in Texas on Tuesday evening (May 27).