SpaceX Starship

By Irene Klotz
Up to 25 Starship-Super Heavy launches are planned per year from Starbase.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Starlink deployments and orbital fueling demos are on tap for the Starship Version 3 flights that SpaceX will begin in 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX’s 11th Starship-Super Heavy launch system completed a 65-min. suborbital flight test Oct. 13.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is targeting Oct. 13 for the next Starship-Super Heavy flight test.
Operations & Safety

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SpaceX is looking to fly the first of a new iteration of its Starship launch system late this year or early next year.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
SpaceX sees its Falcon 9 launch cadence peaking as the company ramps up operations of its Starship launch vehicle, a company executive says.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Generating some 16.5 million lb. of thrust, the 404-ft tall Starship-Super Heavy headed toward a suborbital trajectory for a planned 66-min. flight demonstration.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The Italian Space Agency signed an agreement with SpaceX to fly several science payloads on an upcoming Starship mission or missions to Mars.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX’s 10th flight test of a Starship-Super Heavy launch system remained on hold Aug. 25 following a scrub due to lightning concerns at the company’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, spaceport.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX canceled plans for a flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system Aug. 24 to troubleshoot a potential problem with ground systems.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is aiming to resume Starship-Super Heavy flight tests as early as Aug. 24.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX expects its Starship launcher to break the company's previous rideshare launch record of 143 spacecraft when it begins flying such missions.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
SpaceX plans another Starship flight test soon after a vehicle slated to perform that mission suffered an explosion in June.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
An explosive ground test accident has claimed a fourth Starship vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Starship vehicle being prepared for the company’s upcoming 10th integrated flight test exploded on a test stand around midnight EDT June 19.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 37 was razed June 12, as the U.S. Space Force considers leasing the site to SpaceX for Starship-Super Heavy operations.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
An upper-stage engine failure led to the premature demise of SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test, the FAA says after reviewing the company’s investigation.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies is looking for its initial public offering to underpin construction and deployment of its Starlab low-Earth-orbit space station.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
For the third time, the FAA will require SpaceX to complete a mishap investigation prior to resuming launches of its Starship-Super Heavy system.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Elon Musk is promising to pick up the pace of Starship flight tests as SpaceX pursues key goals for program.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion