(Bloomberg) -- SpaceX lost its Starship rocket during its seventh test flight, an unexpected setback after the company had made steady progress during its test flight campaign for the vehicle.

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket has stumbled on the road to commercial use. On Thursday, it unexpectedly dropped out of communications and exploded as it screamed toward space for its seventh flight.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed ...

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race.

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has launched into orbit, marking a major milestone for Jeff Bezos’ space company. With its enormous payload capacity and reusable design, New Glenn aims to revolutionise ...

Blue Origin's new flagship rocket New Glenn thundered off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday. The mission put the company’s Blue Ring Pathfinder test satellite into orbit ...

Hundreds of employees from Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Washington, and its Florida rocket factory watched the historic launch via a company livestream. (AP) Blue Origin’s massive New ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype ...

On Thursday, Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its big rocket, called New Glenn. It lifted off at 2:30 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ...

Wendy Whitman Cobb is affiliated with the US School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Her views are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or any of its ...