SpaceX Starship

After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX has unveiled the next-generation Starship.

SpaceX is pitching to investors in its quest for out-of-this-world valuation.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

SpaceX must complete an investigation into the May 22 Starship-Super Heavy flight test, following a mishap involving the first-stage booster, the FAA says.

SpaceX completed a full suborbital flight of the latest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle on May 22, achieving several key milestones despite losing the first-stage booster.

SpaceX has scrubbed a May 21 attempt to fly the newest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle, with the goal of re-attempting the rocket’s 12th test flight on May 22.

SpaceX bets on vertical integration and Starship's high launch cadence to enable orbital AI data centers and Mars colonization.

SpaceX has disclosed financial details ahead of the aerospace industry’s most anticipated public offering, including a $5 billion net loss in 2025 on $18.7 billion in sales.

The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense

After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is preparing to resume flight tests of the Starship-Super Heavy with launch of a re-engineered, orbital-class vehicle slated for May 19.

SpaceX has provided further details on development setbacks it suffered in getting the newest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system back to the pad.

SpaceX, the world’s leading launch company, has announced a strategic shift to develop its own lunar program.

Nothing about SpaceX’s initial public offering will be routine.

SpaceX has been cleared to develop Cape Canaveral SFS’ Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship-Super Heavy launch and landing operations.

The Eastern Range is working with NASA to be able to host SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy flights from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in early- to mid-2026.

SpaceX is investigating an accident that heavily damaged the Super Heavy booster being prepared for a flight test from Starbase, Texas, early next year.

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.

SpaceX’s first Super Heavy Version 3 booster is expected to be rolled out to Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, in “days to weeks, not weeks to months.”

SpaceX has yet to demonstrate critical pieces of its Starship HLS architecture, including in-space refueling in low Earth orbit.

America’s launch sites are undergoing massive transformations to support a new era in space.

Up to 25 Starship-Super Heavy launches are planned per year from Starbase.

Starlink deployments and orbital fueling demos are on tap for the Starship Version 3 flights that SpaceX will begin in 2026.

SpaceX’s 11th Starship-Super Heavy launch system completed a 65-min. suborbital flight test Oct. 13.

SpaceX is targeting Oct. 13 for the next Starship-Super Heavy flight test.

Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.