A scorched and disfigured SpaceX Falcon 9 arrived at Port Canaveral on Wednesday, marking a rare sight among the routine space hardware that regularly comes through the Florida port. The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted rocket body hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers.

It's been almost a week since the Space Coast has heard the rumble of the Falcon 9 rocket. One is now set to launch Sunday night.

The rocket that will launch NASA's Crew-10 is on the pad. This comes after a spacecraft swap and Falcon 9 incidents required additional testing.

March 3, 2025, was an unfortunate date for SpaceX. The journey started quite gloriously but ended in a massive failure, as the company lost its booster in the p

SpaceX put on a brave face about the situation, although the booster, at five flights, was a relative spring chicken compared to others in the company's fleet. The rocket biz said: "While disappointing to lose a rocket after a successful mission, the team will use the data to make Falcon even more reliable on ascent and landing."

Scientists lost contact with SpaceX's Starship 8 minutes after launch Thursday, the first test flight since the Starship 7 exploded in January.

While SpaceX has yet to confirm the launch, according to the FAA, liftoff is set to occur between 11:43 p.m. Sunday and 3:14 a.m. Monday from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. The mission is known as Starlink 12-21. The payload is the next batch of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites.

SpaceX said it lost contact with its massive Starship rocket during its highly anticipated test launch on Thursday evening.

SpaceX is set to have another go at launching its monster Starship rocket today after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the venture the green light.