Starship 's two stages separated as planned on Flight 9, and the upper stage even reached space, which was an improvement over the giant vehicle's most recent two flights. But SpaceX ended up losing both stages before they could accomplish their full flight goals.

After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.

Much was riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.

SpaceX managed to send its developmental Starship back into space surpassing the explosive fates that befell its last two attempts, while also for the first time flying with a reused Super Heavy

Elon Musk’s Starship is believed to have exploded into pieces during its return to Earth on Wednesday morning – shortly before the billionaire SpaceX founder scrapped a planned speech on his ambition to “make life multiplanetary”.

A SpaceX vehicle that has spent about a month docked at the International Space Station made a dramatic return Saturday night off the coast of California.