The explosion Thursday night of the SpaceX Starship was a reminder that there’s only rocket right now that NASA says is capable of reaching the moon.

SpaceX has shared some stunning footage of the Starship's 33 Raptor engines firing up at the start of the rocket's eighth flight test last week.

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.

Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just suffered a major setback.

SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup Thursday.

NASA released views of several angles of SpaceX Starship’s second test flight. The massive rocket launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. Credit: NASA Music: The Alabaster Coast by Ha

The SpaceX Starship explosion that occurred on Thursday night is the second this year. Here's what happens next.

SpaceX said the rocket experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its ascent burn—the same result as its previous test flight.

The next launch attempt for Starship, which has yet to reach orbit on any of its flights, is now targeted for 6:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, SpaceX said.

NASA Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission around the moon.