Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The spacecraft’s engines shut down, and contact soon was lost. SpaceX says it will take time to figure out what went wrong.

The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight.

The 320-foot rocket was supposed to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, before dawn Monday with a prototype satellite.

The three Americans and one Russian who splashed down off Florida early Friday should have returned from the International Space Station months ago.

Live views showed parts of the spacecraft breaking away during the intense heat of reentry but it remained intact.

Starliner will spend at least eight days at the space station before aiming for a touchdown in the western U.S.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

NOAA has alerted operators of power plants and spacecraft in orbit to take precautions.

A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies.

The company said it lost contact with Starship as it neared its goal, a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle early Tuesday.

Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday that sunlight will likely stop shining on the solar panels Tuesday morning.

If successful, it would be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.

NASA is relying heavily on private companies for its moon missions, part of the reason for the new delays.

Astrobotic was aiming to be the first private company to successfully land on the moon, something only four countries have accomplished.