Starship ignited six of its own Raptor engines to continue powering itself into space, while the Super Heavy booster flipped around to fly tail-first and relit some of its engines in the uppermost reaches of the atmosphere to reverse course and boost itself back toward the Texas coastline.

After a series of failures during recent test flights, SpaceX's massive Starship had a smooth ride for Tuesday's blastoff and successfully deployed some fake satellites.

What does it take to light a rocket engine in the vacuum of space and do it twice?” For SpaceX, the answer to that question could define the next chapter of American lunar exploration. On August 24, the company plans to launch Starship Flight 10 from its Starbase facility in Texas,

SpaceX called off a launch attempt Sunday after detecting a leak in the plumbing that flows super-cold liquid oxygen propellant into the rocket. Technicians fixed the problem in time for another countdown 24 hours later, but the risk of lightning in the area prevented Starship from lifting off Monday evening.

A SpaceX cargo ship laden with 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of supplies launched to the International Space Station early Sunday morning (Aug. 24).

Scroll down to read live updates from the CRS-33 mission, which launched at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Original story: This weekend the Space Coast will see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch a SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft filled with more than 5,