Starship is the centerpiece of Musk's vision of sending the first humans to Mars, and is also critical in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time in five decades.

SpaceX launched itself into the public consciousness with the Falcon 9, a highly reliable rocket that has now completed numerous trips to the International Space Station. NASA has even authorized the ...

Starship has made headlines this year for a series of explosions after launching from SpaceX's Starbase headquarters in Texas for uncrewed flight tests. During the first of 3 scheduled public hearings ...

SpaceX has announced plans to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of the year. Construction of the SpaceX Gigabay, a facility for stacking and finalizing Starship rockets, ...

The launch, scheduled for mid-October from the company's Texas launch site, would come less than 2 months after SpaceX conducted its most successful Starship test of the year. Prior to vehicle's 10th ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Update, Aug. 26, 2025: After a second 24-hour delay, SpaceX ...

Update: SpaceX is now targeting a Starship launch at 6:30 p.m. EST Thursday. SpaceX has delayed the eighth uncrewed flight test for its gargantuan Starship spacecraft that could be a vital part of ...

SpaceX says the 10th integrated test flight of its Super Heavy Starship launch vehicle could launch as soon as Aug. 24. Liftoff from the company's Starbase, Texas, manufacturing and test site is ...

BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — After experiencing a leaky fuel hose and poor weather, SpaceX was able to launch its 10th test flight of Starship on Tuesday night. And all went well, except for a small ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Elon Musk's SpaceX on Sunday called off the launch of Starship's tenth mission from Texas over an issue at its launch site, delaying an attempt to achieve several long-sought ...