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Despite SpaceX already being NASA's largest private contractor, Elon Musk is still hellbent on assuming control over the space agency.

Elon Musk Secretly Working to Take Over NASA

By Victor Tangermann

A look back at all of the spectacular tests — and failures — that have punctuated SpaceX's development of its Starship rocket.

Here’s a Video of Every Starship Explosion So Far

By Victor Tangermann

"We’re a good 15 years away from going to Mars, not five years as Elon Musk alludes to," former NASA astronaut José Hernández told The Hill.

Former NASA Astronaut Says Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Talking About

By Victor Tangermann

The newest version of the SpaceX megarocket, Starship Block 2, has exploded midair during both of its flight tests.

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SpaceX Has a Major Problem: New Versions of Starship Are Performing Worse Than Older Ones

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX's Starship has, once again, exploded — and Elon Musk does not seem to be taking that mishap well at all.

Elon Musk Is Not Taking the Latest Starship Explosion Well

By Noor Al-Sibai

paceX has run into serious issues trying to get a prototype upper stage of its Starship to launch into orbit, then make a soft landing.

SpaceX’s Latest Starship Exploding on Launch Is a Grim Setback for the Company

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is having trouble getting its next Starship rocket into the sky after the last one exploded during a test flight.

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SpaceX Having Trouble Getting Starship Launched Again After Explosion

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX has revealed that its latest Starship prototype self-destructed during its flight last month following flashes, and "sustained fires."

SpaceX Says Numerous Fires Broke Out on Board Its Starship Spacecraft During Most Recent Launch

By Victor Tangermann

The explosion of a Starship rocket during its seventh orbital flight test may have released literal tons of harmful pollutants into the air.

Elon Musk’s Massive Rocket Explosion May Have Caused Significant Atmospheric Pollution

By Frank Landymore

On the British islands of Turks and Caicos, residents and tourists have been left to deal with the aftermath of SpaceX's Starship explosion.

Island Littered With Debris After Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes Overhead

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dozens of flights were forced to change course or land at a different airport to avoid the debris caused by the Starship explosion.

Commercial Jets Forced to Divert After Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes, Raining Fiery Debris Through Sky

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX's Starship has exploded into countless pieces of space junk as it reentered the atmosphere over the Caribbean.

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes After Launch, Filling Sky With Epic Streaks of Fire

By Victor Tangermann

Footage shows SpaceX crews retrieving debris belonging to the upper stage of SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket.

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SpaceX Spotted Scooping Pieces of Starship Out of Ocean After Impact

By Frank Landymore

Footage recently shared by NASASpaceflight shows a massive robotic arm appearing to weld one of the company's Starship nosecones.

Video Shows Robot Welding SpaceX Starship

By Victor Tangermann

The space agency's outgoing administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the upcoming crewed Artemis missions will be delayed again.

NASA’s Moon Landing Gets Pushed Back Yet Again

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Donald Trump attended his new buddy SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's rocket launch on Tuesday. It didn't go quite as planned.

Trump Comes to Watch as Elon Musk’s Spacecraft Crashes Into the Ocean and Explodes

By Victor Tangermann

Starship Shoots Into Space With Single Banana in Cargo Hold

Starship Shoots Into Space With Single Banana in Cargo Hold

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that SpaceX's massive Starship rocket is so loud that its sonic boom could cause property damage back on the ground.

Starship’s Sonic Booms Are So Powerful They Could Damage Structures on the Ground, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

The budding bromance between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump could have massive implications for the US' space program.

Trump and Musk’s Bromance Could Make America’s Space Policy a Wild Ride

By Victor Tangermann

The upcoming SpaceX test, scheduled for next year, will see a Starship rendezvous with another Starship to refuel it in orbit.

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SpaceX Working on Orbital Refueling Test Between Two Starships

By Frank Landymore

China has showed off a concept for its upcoming Long March 9, a ultra heavy-lift reusable rocket that looks a lot like SpaceX's Starship.

China’s New Spaceship Is a Blatant Ripoff of SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

While playing the videogame Diablo IV last week, you could hear Elon Musk getting briefed on a recent Starship test flight.

In Video of Elon Musk Playing Diablo IV, Background Gives Away Wild Details About Starship

By Victor Tangermann

The body of a missing SpaceX employee has been found near a beach close to the company's testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.

Body of Missing SpaceX Employee Found

By Victor Tangermann

This Close-Up Video of SpaceX’s Starship Booster Being Caught by a Tower Will Melt Your Puny Earthling Brains

This Close-Up Video of SpaceX’s Starship Booster Being Caught by a Tower Will Melt Your Puny Earthling Brains

By Frank Landymore

Dramatic Footage Shows SpaceX Starship Exploding After Crashing Into the Ocean

Dramatic Footage Shows SpaceX Starship Exploding After Crashing Into the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Just Caught Its Starship Booster With Giant “Chopsticks” Arms

SpaceX Just Caught Its Starship Booster With Giant “Chopsticks” Arms

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is excited about SpaceX's fifth flight test of Starship, which could see the rocket pull off a fascinating landing procedure.

NASA Is Mega Hyped About SpaceX’s Imminent Starship Test Flight

By Frank Landymore

In an embarrassingly idiotic tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued that "we will never reach Mars if Kamala wins."

Elon Musk Makes Embarrassingly Stupid Claim: If Trump Loses, Humanity Will Never Make It to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk predicted that SpaceX's massive Starship rocket would start making regular trips to Mars in a matter of just two years.

Elon Musk Says Starship, Which Has Never Launched Into Orbit and Then Landed on Earth Without Crashing, Will Be Landing on Mars by 2026

By Victor Tangermann

The explosions during the second orbital Starship test flight created a hole in the ionosphere, according to new research.

Scientists Say SpaceX Starship Explosion Tore a Hole in the Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

Robert Zubrin, president and founder of Mars Society, thinks NASA should skip its Moon missions and use Starship to go to Mars — now.

Mars Society President Calls for Starship Mission to Red Planet

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk chose to mock a new investigation into SpaceX's damage to the environment by making a really dumb joke.

Elon Musk Mocks Concern Over SpaceX Obliterating Baby Birds in Their Nests

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a death toll associated with SpaceX's success — and the Elon Musk-owned company played the government to make that success happen.

Investigation Finds Elon Musk’s SpaceX Used Trickery to Open Rocket Facility

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX Starship's aerodynamic flap endured some brutal conditions during reentry, but survived, leading to staff cheering it on.

SpaceX Staff Erupt in Cheers as Starship Flap Keeps Functioning Even While Burning Up, Pieces Flying Off

By Victor Tangermann

Dramatic footage shows SpaceX Starship's fins being shredded to pieces as the plasma started heating up during reentry.

Starship’s Flight Was Going Great. Then Pieces Started Falling Off on Livestream

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his flagship space tourism flight, citing readiness problems with SpaceX's Starship rocket.

Billionaire Cancels Moon Tourism Trip After SpaceX Misses Deadline

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX will showcase its reusability with its latest Starship test — and an incredible new infographic shows how crazy those plans are.

Check Out This Amazing Starship Infographic Showing SpaceX’s Plans for Its Upcoming Test Flight

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Starship's anticipated fourth test flight could be as soon as next month.

SpaceX Preparing for Next Starship Launch, Elon Musk Says

By Frank Landymore

Renders show off both Blue Origin's proposed cargo lunar lander as well as SpaceX's Starship slowly lowering a Moon rover to the surface.

NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX’s Starship Landed on the Moon’s Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Experts Suggest Using SpaceX’s Starship to Rescue Stranded Samples on Surface of Mars

Experts Suggest Using SpaceX’s Starship to Rescue Stranded Samples on Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay

People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay

By Victor Tangermann

"A future Starship, much larger and more advanced, will travel to other star systems," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued in a recent tweet.

Elon Musk Says Future Version of Starship Will Travel Between Star Systems

By Victor Tangermann

Barack Obama argued that we shouldn't abandon the Earth in favor of Mars after making a possibly irreparable mess of its climate.

Obama Slams Plan to Escape Earth by Colonizing Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After two spectacular explosions in April and November, SpaceX's massive Starship has officially made it to space for the second time.

SpaceX Starship Makes It to Space, But Crash-Lands In the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested Starship will spin slowly to create artificial gravity for passengers on their way to Mars.

Elon Musk Says Starship Will Spin for Artificial Gravity

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has teamed up with Starlab to deliver a private space station into orbit using only a single Starship rocket.

SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Private Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's first crewed lunar landing mission in over half a century dubbed Artemis 3 will likely be delayed due to Starship issues.

NASA Reportedly Forced to Push Back Moon Landing After SpaceX Fails to Deliver Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX fired up the engines of its latest Starship prototype, setting the stage for the company's third orbital test launch.

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Before Next Orbital Test

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed plans for a more efficient and more powerful Version 2 of the company's Starship rocket.

Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Next Version of Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched its second orbital attempt of its massive Starship rocket. It exploded just eight minutes into its flight.

SpaceX’s Starship Reaches Space, Immediately Explodes

By Victor Tangermann

Federal regulators grounded Starship after its failed orbital flight test. SpaceX is annoyed it still hasn't gotten permission to fly again.

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SpaceX Says Feds Are Being Unfair About Its Rocket That Exploded

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk hopes that SpaceX's Starship won't explode again next time it attempts to launch into orbit — but he's tempering his expectations.

Elon Musk Expresses Hope Starship Won’t Explode Next Time He Launches It

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA and SpaceX test-fired a Raptor engine meant for a Moon mission from a cold start in order to simulate conditions in space.

SpaceX Just Simulated a Lunar Landing With Its Rocket Engine

By Sharon Adarlo

Debris from the rocket's obliterated launchpad was blasted up to half a mile from the launchpad, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

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SpaceX’s Botched Starship Launch Left Wildlife Officials Stunned

By Frank Landymore

The FAA is still awaiting the report that will detail the steps SpaceX will have to implement before it can try to launch its Starship again.

FAA Throws Cold Water on SpaceX’s Next Starship Orbital Launch

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, SpaceX conducted a static fire test of its Starship spaceship, firing all six of its Raptor engines.

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SpaceX Fires Up Starship Engines Ahead of Next Orbital Test

By Frank Landymore

After unceremoniously blowing up during its first test, Starship's next launch could be this summer, if SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is to believed.

Elon Musk Preparing to Launch His Explodey Starship Rocket Once Again

By Frank Landymore

NASA is getting increasingly worried that SpaceX's Starship may not be ready for the space agency's return to the lunar surface in 2025.

NASA Worried SpaceX’s Failure Will Push Back Landing on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA officially awarded a Blue Origin-led team a $3.4 billion contract for its upcoming Artemis V mission to the Moon.

NASA Awards Sore Loser Jeff Bezos a Consolation Prize Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Pieces of what appear to be heat shield tiles from SpaceX's explosive Starship orbital test launch keep appearing on beaches in Texas.

It Looks Like Starship Chunks Are Washing Up on Beaches

By Noor Al-Sibai

The unfortunate explosion was "roughly what I expected," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reportedly said in a Twitter Spaces session on Saturday.

Elon Musk Says His Great Intellect Predicted That Starship Would Explode

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a Twitter Spaces chat over the weekend, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that Starship only self-destructed after a 40-second delay.

Elon Musk Admits Starship Didn’t Initially Respond to Self-Destruct Command

By Victor Tangermann

The fallout from SpaceX's explosive Starship test continues, with Elon Musk admitting that it caused even more damage than we thought.

Elon Musk Says Starship Generated an Unexpected “Rock Tornado”

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX's Starship test launch last week was quite literally explosive — and now, we've got incredible, close-up footage of it.

Amazing Tracking Footage Shows Starship Explosion Close Up

By Noor Al-Sibai