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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.

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.

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.

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.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 launch today?
By Tariq Malik last updated
SpaceX is poised to launch Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (March 6). Here's how to watch the action live.

Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 8 megarocket test flight today
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX plans to launch the eighth test flight of its huge Starship rocket on Thursday (March 6), and you can watch the dramatic action live.

1st American robotic lunar rover set to land on the moon today
By Andrew Jones published
Colorado-based company Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover is poised to land today (March 6) near the lunar south pole aboard the private Athena moon lander.

Varda space capsule returns to Earth in 1st commercial landing in Australian Outback (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
Varda Space has successfully landed a reentry capsule in Australia, delivering critical data that could advance in-space manufacturing and hypersonic technologies.

The US will 'plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond,' Trump tells Congress
By Tariq Malik published
President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the American flag to Mars and beyond during a speech before the joint session of Congress.
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