SpaceX’s ninth Starship test ends in failure, marking a third consecutive setback. With no orbital success and growing investor concern, Elon Musk’s vision for Mars faces increasing scrutiny.

After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.

The largest, most powerful launch vehicle ever built is meant to be a key part of SpaceX’s plans to send humans to Mars—and NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon, too

Starship, the futuristic SpaceX rocket vehicle on whichElon Musk's ambitions for multiplanetary travel are riding, stood poised for a ninth uncrewed test launch on Tuesday, aiming for a clean flight after the last two attempts ended in explosive failure.

SpaceX launched Starship Tuesday, May 27 on its first test flight since March. This time, the vehicle further than the previous two flights.