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Debris caused by the breakup of the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 upper stage rains down over The Bahamas in this view, captured by journalist Stefanie Waldek.

Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video)

By Mike Wall published

The upper stage of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean this evening (March 6), creating a dramatic sky show for people in The Bahamas, Florida and elsewhere.

Launches & Spacecraft
A giant silver SpaceX rocket launches on Flight 8 from a Texas seaside launch pad

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper stage was lost about nine minutes after liftoff.

Private Spaceflight
The world's largest rocket launches into a blue sky on SpaceX's Flight 7.

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch: Live updates

By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

Launches & Spacecraft
a view of spacecraft attached to a spacex rocket, including odin asteroid probe, athena moon lander and more

Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'

By Mike Wall published

AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly beyond the moon.

Private Spaceflight
A fisheye view of the moon with a spacecraft to the right of it. There is a yellowish gold box on the craft.

Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over

By Mike Wall published

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, landed near the moon's south pole today (March 6), but the probe's fate is unclear.

The moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander is seen as bright pixel casting a shadow in the middle of the box in this photo, which was captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 2, 2025.

Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an exciting view of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander following its recent touchdown on the moon.

The moon
A small moon satellite with its solar panels unfurled as it flies over the moon in an artist view

Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim

By Leonard David published

It's been a week since NASA lost contact with its new water-hunting moon satellite.

Missions
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
An illustration of a star-killing supernova and DNA being broken around the Earth

DNA-busting radiation from star-killing supernova could have influenced evolution on Earth

By Stefanie Waldek published

A distant star-killing supernova could have bombarded Earth with radiation strong enough to shift the course of evolution.

Search for Life
A tree in the center of the image with a starry sky and Earth in the foreground.

Space pictures! See our space image of the day

By Space.com Staff last updated

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography
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