Starship

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday that the next test flight of its Starship launch vehicle will be on Friday or Feb. 28. What Happened: “Starship Flight 8 flies Friday,” Musk wrote briefly on social media platform X. Starship Flight 8 flies Friday pic.twitter.com/CmOdg13e6K —...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that preparations must start already for deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS), ahead of the timeline decided by space agency NASA. What Happened: “It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility,” Musk said in a post...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that its Starship rocket’s first flight to Mars will be equipped with Tesla-made Optimus humanoid robots. What Happened: “If all goes well, SpaceX will send Starship rockets to Mars with Optimus robots and Grok,” Musk said in a live stream...

SpaceX‘s Starbase facility will “soon” be an official new city, company CEO and billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday after Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. ordered an election for the incorporation of Starbase as a Type-C municipality. What Happened: In December,...

Since the start of 2025, Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX has been busy completing multiple launches, starting on Jan. 3 when its Falcon 9 rocket launched the UAE-based Space42’s Thuraya 4 mission to space. The company has since launched multiple missions...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX intends to put up a SpaceX Gigabay at Cape Canaveral in Florida by Aug. 2026, according to a new filing with the Federal Aviation Administration. What Happened: According to the filing, construction is planned to start in April this year and...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and authorities from the Turks and Caicos Islands have initiated investigations into the recent explosion of SpaceX’s Starship rocket. What Happened: A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship suffered a mid-flight...

A SpaceX Starship test flight on Thursday forced dozens of commercial flights to divert after the Federal Aviation Administration warned of falling debris, highlighting growing tensions between commercial aviation and the expanding space industry. What Happened: The incident occurred when SpaceX...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video of rocket parts raining down from the sky on Thursday after the company lost the Starship’s new-generation upper stage spacecraft during the seventh test flight of its Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket. What Happened: Musk said on X, “Success is...

SpaceX's seventh test flight of its Starship launch vehicle is now slated for Thursday, after getting pushed back from Wednesday owing to unfavorable weather conditions. What Happened: The company said that it is currently preparing to launch Starship on Thursday at 4:00 p.m....

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday launched two lunar landers to the Moon as it gears up to land humans back on the surface of the Moon in the future. What Happened: The SpaceX rocket launched Firefly Space‘s Blue Ghost and ispace‘s Resilience lunar landers to the Moon from NASA'...

SpaceX’s next test flight of its Starship launch vehicle will depend on weather, the company warned on Tuesday. What Happened: The company is currently preparing to launch Starship on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. CT. However, whether the company will go ahead with the launch date or postpone it...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX said on Saturday that it is now targeting Wednesday for its upcoming seventh flight test, later than its previous timeline of Monday. What Happened: The launch window opens at 4:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday. SpaceX has previously said that its...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX said on Wednesday that it is preparing to launch its ambitious Starship launch vehicle on its seventh flight test as soon as Monday, Jan. 13. What Happened: The launch window opens at 4:00 p.m. CT on Monday. However, the company warned that the...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the Raptor engine of its Starship launch vehicle is not perfect and needs a few more changes. What Happened: “Still a few final touches to perfect Raptor,” Musk said in a post on social media platform X. Still a few final touches to...