The upper stage of a SpaceX Starship launch system ... Blazing orange and white, the astonishing spectacle left onlookers gazing in awe from beaches and cruise ships — with many posting the ...

While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

However, the Starship spacecraft was lost in the ascent phase due to engines dropping out, with people watching in shock as orange and white streaks lit up the sky over Turks and Caicos Islands.