Starship 's two stages separated as planned on Flight 9, and the upper stage even reached space, which was an improvement ...

Concept art depicts the Starship HLS refueling in low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA / SpaceX The Starship HLS will dock with the Orion spacecraft to retrieve astronauts. Credit: NASA / SpaceX Once the ...

This latest test is the first to successfully achieve both a controlled splashdown landing of the Super Heavy booster stage and its second-stage Ship component. By Andrew Paul Published Jun 6 ...

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SpaceX’s ...

Eager to ramp up the frequency of test flights for its next-generation Starship rocket, SpaceX has moved the first-stage Super Heavy booster to the launchpad for preflight testing ahead of its ...

Elon Musk’s massive SpaceX Starship rocket is set for its latest test launch on Tuesday — and Musk hopes to repeat the success of last month’s mission and once again catch the Super Heavy ...

“The tower has caught the rocket!!,” SpaceX Founder Elon Musk posted on X with a clip of the moment the booster was caught. Starship, which was crewless, coasted in space for nearly 45 minutes ...