Starship will also help enable satellite delivery, the development of a Moon base, and point-to-point transport here on Earth. Full and Rapid Reusability Starship and Super Heavy are designed to return to the launch site and be caught following their flight, with the ability to rapidly turn...
Here's everything you need to know to plan your visit and make the most of your during the next SpaceX launch!South Padre Island is the perfect spot to witness rocket history in the making. The SpaceX South Texas Launch site is where advanced rockets, including the Starship, are being ...
The SpaceX Starship is seen as it stands on the launch pad ahead of its third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on March 12, 2024. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images With the booster catch, SpaceX has surpassed the fourth test flight's milestones. ...
SpaceX noted that the company will review the data from the launch to build toward its next attempt. "With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today's test will help us improve Starship's reliability." — Michael Sheetz ...
SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 7 on Monday (Jan. 13), an ambitious test that will feature an attempted launch-tower catch of the first-stage booster.
SpaceX's second Starship test flight on Nov. 18 may have met an explosive end, but photos of the launch were absolutely amazing.
SpaceX’s family of Falcon launch vehicles are the first and only orbital class rockets capable of reflight. Depending on the performance required for the mission, Falcon lands on one of our autonomous spaceport droneships out on the ocean or one of our landing zones near our launch pads. ...
The flight lasted barely 45 seconds and reached just 500 feet (150 meters) Tuesday night at the southeastern tip of Texas near Brownsville, but was an important first for SpaceX’s Starship. Some earlier tests ended in explosions on the pad. “Mars is looking real,” SpaceX founder ...
Spectators are seen at "The Outpost," a Starship viewing location set up by the local Rocket Ranch, near Boca Chica beach in Texas. (Anthony Gomez) Most of the public at today’s launch watched from South Padre Island, which lies about five miles away from the launch site across the ...
She also ticked through what Starship and Super Heavy accomplished. “Clean count (glad the shrimpers could get out in the nick of time!)” she said, referring to a smooth countdown before launch despite some wayward boats encroaching on the launch site and holding things up. ...