President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will ... it would most likely be SpaceX's Starship providing the transport.

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

James Temple was "in the right place at the right time" to take these dramatic images of SpaceX's Starship's seventh flight test disintegrating above the Atlantic Ocean

Donald Trump announced in his speech after being sworn in as president of the United States, "We will follow our destiny to the stars, sending our astronauts to plant our flag on the surface of Mars.

While the midair destruction of SpaceX's Starship rocket made for an unsuccessful flight test, it also created an amazing visual.

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer this year had an inauspicious start when the Starship system suffered a setback during the Jan. 16 flight. Minutes after launch, the Block 2 upper stage broke up when a fire developed in the aft section.

The FAA says it has grounded the Starship vehicle pending a mishap investigation, and it’s working with SpaceX to assess reports of property damage in Turks and Caicos.

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United ... be SpaceX's Starship ...

Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

The vice president leading Boeing's Starliner spacecraft unit, Mark Nappi, has left the troubled program and was replaced by the company's International Space Station program manager, John Mulholland,

Flight 7 Recap SpaceX launched Starship Flight 7 on Jan 16 in another afternoon launch. The initial ascent with Booster 14 was perfect, with no engine outs and the hot staging maneuver completed. While Ship 33 began its ascent burn, Booster 14 completed its boost back burn minus a single engine and received the “Go for Booster Return” call out.

SpaceX launched the first rocket of 2025 from ... geosynchronous orbit for a telecommunications company based in the United Arab Emirates. The 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket took flight at 8: ...