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Starship’s 10th flight breaks streak of bad luck
Nell Greenfieldboyce SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket racked up some much-needed successes on its 10th test flight, hitting key test objectives and breaking a streak of failures that bedeviled the spaceship this year. The silver and black two-stage rocket, which stands about 400 feet tall, blasted off from the SpaceX facility in south Texas near Boca…
Why Do SpaceX’s Starships Keep Exploding?
Can SpaceX Solve Its ‘Exploding Starships’ Problem? After a string of fiery failures, SpaceX’s biggest rocket faces another test flight with sky-high stakes for U.S. space ambitions By Adam Rogers edited by Lee Billings SpaceX’s Starship soars through the sky during the rocket’s ninth test flight on May 27, 2025. Both the “Super Heavy” booster…