Nine test flights and counting, Starship’s future remains uncertain. While Musk promises progress, repeat launch failures threaten his Mars goals and NASA.

Still, some challenges need to be worked out for companies eying the unique manufacturing process. For SpaceX, its plans ...

No one doubts that rocket tests mean failures, but the question for Starship is this: Is it just having extended teething ...

SpaceX's operations at Starbase have faced significant challenges, primarily due to persistent rain and the explosion at ...

SpaceX and NASA plan to launch a Starship to the Moon for an unpiloted end-to-end demonstration before committing to use Starship for the crew lunar landing on the Artemis III mission. Not Apollo 2.0 ...

As SpaceX gears up for its second Starship test flight, scheduled for Saturday, ... Here are 10 major challenges and uncertainties that could impact the outcome of this critically important test.

Neither NASA nor SpaceX has offered a recent timeline for the first uncrewed test flight of Starship to the moon. As for Mars, that would require an even fuzzier crystal ball. “Not that soon ...

SpaceX’s Starship completed its ninth integrated flight test (IFT-9) on May 27, 2025, as it moves closer to full reusability.

Elon Musk announces SpaceX's plan to launch the 10th test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, in approximately three weeks.

SpaceX's Starship prototype faced another setback. A static fire test resulted in an explosion. The incident raises concerns about the rocket's reliab ...

SpaceX’s second orbital flight test of the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship rocket in November went farther than the first test by a huge margin: all 33 of the Raptor engines on the Super Heavy ...