SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is stack as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Friday, following a dramatic mid-air explosion over the Caribbean during its last trial.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX saw mixed results in the latest test launch of its Starship mega-rocket Thursday, successfully catching the massive booster but with the upper stage failing for the second

While the EU basks in a successful mission, SpaceX investigates what went wrong with Starship explosion. On Thursday, two high-profile rocket launches ended up with very different outcomes. For SpaceX,

But the goal for SpaceX is to do about 10 launches per day." Philip Metzger is the director of the Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity and Education at the University of Central Florida. He said the plans for the new integration facility will help the local economy.

The eighth flight test for SpaceX's massive rocket follows the pattern of the seventh: a successful booster catch but a failed upper-stage burn.

After lifting off from Launch Complex 40 on a southeasterly trajectory, the Falcon 9 will deploy a payload of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX has demonstrated this jaw-dropping technique.

SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, according to reports from residents.

The new version of Starship will be tested again in four to six weeks. A third consecutive failure could indicate fundamental problems with the updated design.