SpaceX intends to captures Starship's Super Heavy booster with mechanical arms known as "chopsticks." See an animation of a ...

SpaceX aims to launch the 10th test flight of Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, about three weeks from now, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X on Monday (July 14).

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SpaceX's Super Heavy booster lands during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, US, Oct 13, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] A new giant step toward making rockets completely reusable was ...

A SpaceX rocket being tested on the company’s launchpad has exploded in a massive fireball after a “major anomaly”. Elon Musk’s latest Starship rocket, the billionaire’s 400ft-long spacecraft intended ...

Chopsticks are slim and maneuverable enough to easily get to all the bubbles without making a mess or agitating the food too much (and therefore creating more bubbles and air pockets).

SpaceX had only successfully recaptured a Super Heavy booster after launch once before, during the fifth fully integrated Starship test flight in October 2024.

By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch system lifted off on its seventh uncrewed test flight Thursday, with an upgraded version of the ...

The company steered the Super Heavy booster squarely into the “chopsticks,” the metal arms of “Mechazilla,” which is SpaceX’s name for the launch tower that also serves as a structural ...

Around seven minutes into the mission, the Super Heavy booster returned to the launch mount. The towering Mechazilla, equipped with its chopstick-like arms, flawlessly caught the descending ...

SpaceX pulled off its “chopsticks” catch of a Super Heavy rocket booster but lost the Starship spacecraft on Thursday during the vehicle’s seventh uncrewed test flight.