# SpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocket > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/3773017 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 6 outlets covering · First listed: CNBC, Nov 13, 2026, 6:36 PM · Read it: The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to ​catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 13, 2026, 6:00 AM: [Rocket Report: Starship set for historic test flight; a century of Electron]() — Ars Technica (Digital news, United States) "You can simplify it as a big tank feeding engines." - Nov 13, 2026, 12:45 PM: [Can SpaceX catch its Starship?]() — Scientific American (Magazine, United States) The 15th spaceflight of SpaceX’s giant launch vehicle aimed for something unprecedented: snatching both rocket stages from midair after a journey to orbit. So far, it’s proved only partially successful. - Nov 13, 2026, 2:12 PM: [Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test]() — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center) Elon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean. - Nov 13, 2026, 5:03 PM: [SpaceX launches first-of-its-kind Starship test flight]() — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) The SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship was designed from the ground up to be fully reusable in a bid to lower launch costs. - Nov 13, 2026, 5:52 PM: [SpaceX’s Starship lifts off on unprecedented test flight]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 13, 2026, 6:36 PM: [SpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocket]() — CNBC (Business & finance, United States, rated Center) The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to ​catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas.