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SpaceX is sending thousands of tons of rocket propellant to its facilities, signaling that the company's orbital test launch could happen soon.

SpaceX Loading Huge Amount of Rocket Fuel at Starship Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientist and software developer Casey Handmer argues NASA isn't ready for Starship has to offer and needs to make systematic changes to accomodate it.

NASA Employee Says SpaceX’s Starship Is About to Change Everything

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has flexed the "Chopsticks" arm of its massive Starship-catching tower for the first time earlier this morning at the company's Texas facilities.

SpaceX Flexes Giant Starship-Catching “Chopsticks” for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has shared an exciting new 90-second montage dubbed "Gateway to Mars" of its gigantic Starship spacecraft prototypes being tested.

SpaceX Shares Spicy Video of Its Mars Rocket Being Tested

By Victor Tangermann

The FAA held a hearing for the public to voice opinions about SpaceX’s planned Starship flights from its launch site — and some had strong criticisms.

SpaceX Opponents Complain About Falling Debris, Fires in FAA Hearing

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX's orbital Starship prototype experienced a bit of a mishap during a test: the pressure caused several of the heat shields to violently pop off.

Tiles Fly Off SpaceX Starship Prototype During Testing

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's much bigger spacecraft Starship may also eventually be destined to launch tourists in the coming years, a big upgrade for future space tourists.

SpaceX Says It May Build Starships Exclusively for Space Tourism

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is hoisting its first flightworthy Super Heavy booster prototype onto its orbital launch pad at the company's testing facilities in South Texas.

SpaceX Lifts Massive Starship Booster Onto Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company will attempt something very different to recover its massive Super Heavy booster.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Catch Starship Booster With Giant “Robot Chopsticks”

By Victor Tangermann

A judge has awarded Blue Origin a "stay" after the Jeff Bezos-led space company sued NASA over losing the HLS contract to SpaceX.

Blue Origin Lawsuit Could Be Massive Setback to Starship Development

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just got its first round of funds from NASA to develop a lunar lander capable of sending the first astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

SpaceX Gets Huge Check From NASA for Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk boasted about Starship's reusability via tweet, saying that it’ll help drive more cost-effective missions to the Moon and Mars.

Elon Musk: Each Starship Could Travel to Mars a Dozen Times

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to ruthlessly mock Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander, the company's counterpart to the lunar variant of SpaceX's Starship.

Elon Musk Ruthlessly Butchers Jeff Bezos’ Sad Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, it will take about eight Starship and Super Heavy booster launches to fill up one lunar variant for a trip to the Moon.

Elon Musk Says It Could Take Eight Starship Launches to Fuel Up a Single Moon Trip

By Victor Tangermann

A new render by SpaceX enthusiast Erc X on Twitter shows the two giant stainless-steel Starship spacecraft meeting in space for a refueling session.

Elon Musk-approved Render Shows Two Starships, uh, Exchanging Fluids

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has finally stacked a Starship spacecraft prototype on top of a Super Heavy booster for the very first time, a 475-foot tower of rockets.

SpaceX Just Mounted Starship on Top of the Super Heavy Booster

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is finally getting ready to stack its gigantic 160-foot Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20 on top of its even taller Super Heavy booster.

Spacex Lifts Humongous Super Heavy Booster onto Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is getting closer and closer to launching its first massive Starship prototype into orbit.

SpaceX Just Rolled Out Its Skyscraper-Sized Super Heavy Starship Booster

By Victor Tangermann

A photo shared by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows SpaceX employees laying out the pipes for a 29 Raptor rocket engine configuration of its Super Heavy booster.

Elon Musk Shows Off Pic of Monstrous Super Heavy Booster Engine System

By Victor Tangermann

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

Elon Musk Suggests Turning a Starship Into a Giant Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

In a Saturday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that Starship might be a potential solution to the growing space junk problem.

Elon Musk Says New Spacecraft Will “Chomp Up” Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

After complaining that regulators are keeping his space company's ambitions back for years, Elon Musk had yet another setback to contend with.

SpaceX Scrubs Launch After Aircraft Enters “Keep Out Zone”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX head Elon Musk revealed today that he likes to go on social media to check in on the progress his company is making on Starship.

Elon Musk Says He Goes on Twitter to Check on Starship’s Progress

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company hopes to launch its first orbital Starship flight some time in July, but several challenges remain.

SpaceX President Says Orbital Starship Launch Is “Shooting for July”

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent tweet by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company's first prototype of its Starship booster Super Heavy is "almost done."

Elon Musk: First SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype “Almost Done”

By Victor Tangermann

Despite last last minute warnings from the FAA, SpaceX went ahead and launched its first high-altitude Starship prototype in December.

Report: SpaceX Ignored FAA Warnings Before Massive Starship Explosion

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has made big progress towards building its first flightworthy prototype of its Starship booster called Super Heavy.

Elon Musk Shares New Pic of Giant Starship Rocket Booster

By Victor Tangermann

Though it didn't mention Starship by name, the Air Force says it set aside almost $50 million in tech development related to the spacecraft.

The Air Force Seems to Be Investing Heavily in SpaceX’s Starship

By Dan Robitzski

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company could be launching Starship spacecraft from an ocean spaceport as soon as next year.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Will Be Launching From Floating Platforms by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

Pictures taken near SpaceX's testing facilities show the construction of what appears to be the company's first flightworthy Super Heavy booster prototype.

SpaceX Appears to Be Assembling Its Orbital Starship Booster

By Victor Tangermann

Not everybody is enthused about SpaceX absorbing the area surrounding its testing facilities in South Texas to build out its "Starbase."

Residents Furious at Elon Musk for Turning Rural Town Into Growing Spaceport

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has released glorious new footage of its fifth high-altitude test flight of its Mars-bound rocket Starship on May 5.

SpaceX Releases Epic Footage From Latest Starship Launch

By Victor Tangermann

In a document filed with the FCC, SpaceX has outlined its plans for the first orbital test flight of its Starship platform.

SpaceX Reveals Plans for First Orbital Starship Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced he's going to visit the ISS before traveling around the Moon on board a SpaceX Starship.

International Space Station

Japanese Billionaire Buys Passage to International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

During an announcement, a SpaceX engineer told viewers to "stay tuned for additional [Starship] test flights in the days ahead," as spotted by Teslarati.

SpaceX’s Starship May Fly Again “In the Days Ahead”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's SN15 Starship prototype's job isn't over. According to a Friday tweet by CEO Elon Musk, the company "might try to refly SN15 soon."

SpaceX Is Getting Ready to Fly Starship SN15 Again

By Victor Tangermann

To SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the only way to "make life multiplanetary" is to "create rapidly and fully reusable orbital rockets."

Elon Musk Celebrates Starship Landing: “Needed to Make Life Multiplanetary”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has finally launched its latest full-scale prototype of its Mars-bound Starship rocket — and this time it stuck the landing.

SpaceX Just Landed Starship Without It Exploding

By Victor Tangermann

Another day, another chance of SpaceX launching its next Starship prototype. Local sheriffs have cleared the beach in preparation.

Cops Clear Beach in Preparation for Starship Launch

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX cancelled the test launch of its SN15 Starship prototype for an undisclosed reason and will likely try again on Monday.

SpaceX Cancels Launch of Spaceship That Keeps Exploding

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized three upcoming launches of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, according to a recent statement.

FAA Authorizes Launch of Next Three Starship Prototypes

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is taking potshots at Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after SpaceX won out over Blue Origin for a NASA contract.

Elon Musk Just Said That Jeff Bezos “Can’t Get It Up”

By Victor Tangermann

According to promotional videos shown off by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China has a surprisingly similar vision to the Starship.

China Is Working on What Looks Like a Clone of SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

When SpaceX's Starship will go to the Moon for the first time, it won't be carrying passengers, as per its new contract with NASA.

NASA Will Require SpaceX to Land Empty Starship on Moon Before Sending Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to to build a rocket capable of landing astronauts on the Moon.

NASA Reportedly Chooses SpaceX to Develop Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

During a conference, SpaceX COO and president Gwynne Shotwell said the company is hoping to get the first people to Mars inside a Starship "before 2030."

SpaceX COO: “We Will Fly Large Numbers of People on Starship in Five Years”

By Victor Tangermann

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.

Elon Musk Says He Is Now the “Imperator of Mars”

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTuber decided to trespass on SpaceX's Starship facilities near Boca Chica, Texas, last month — and film himself doing it.

Man Films Himself Trespassing at SpaceX Starship Facility

By Victor Tangermann

On March 30 SpaceX's Starship SN11 prototype blew up in a massive cloud of orange light. Now, we get to rewatch the explosion in slow motion.

Starship Exploding in the Fog Looks Amazing in Slow Motion

By Victor Tangermann

Here's why SpaceX's SN11 Starship prototype exploded on March 30, according to CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Reveals Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded Before Landing

By Victor Tangermann

According to the latest drone shots, SpaceX is making great progress on its orbital launch facilities at its site in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX Makes Progress on “Launch Tower” Meant to Catch Starship Booster

By Victor Tangermann

A nearby spectator was able to recover a piece of SpaceX Starship debris an astonishing five miles from where it launched, according to a CNBC reporter.

Man Finds Exploded Piece of Starship Five Miles From Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

According to Musk, SpaceX's SN15 Starship prototype "has hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics, software & engine."

After Latest Explosion, Elon Musk Vows to Test Another Starship Within Days

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's SN11 Starship explosion showed up as debris raining down from the skies in livestreams. Even a tree got chopped in half.

Watch Dirt Spray Up as Starship Debris Lands Next to Camera

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX launched its latest full-scale Starship prototype to a height of ten kilometers this morning — except that we didn't see very much this time around.

Starship Prototype Launches in Heavy Fog, Blows Up Dramatically

By Victor Tangermann

In a tweet, Musk promised that "SpaceX will be landing Starships on Mars well before 2030." The real challenge is to make "Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining."

Elon Musk Says He’ll Be Landing Starships on Mars “Well Before 2030”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starship does a white-knuckles "belly flop" maneuver during its test hops. Here's what it would feel like to ride inside Starship during it.

This Is What It Would Be Like to Ride Starship During Its Epic “Belly Flop” Maneuver

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hit a new milestone. A picture uploaded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off his space company's "first Super Heavy booster."

Elon Musk Shows Off Photo of SpaceX’s First Starship Super Heavy Booster

By Victor Tangermann

Photos taken by Texas-based photographer and SpaceX enthusiast Austin Barnard show the space company's latest Starship prototype's new suit of armor.

Starship’s Heat Shield Looks Like High Tech Armor

By Victor Tangermann

According to information obtained by NASASpaceFlight, SpaceX may attempt to send a Starship prototype all the way to space as soon as July.

SpaceX Reportedly Wants to Fly First Starship to Orbit as Soon as July

By Victor Tangermann

Musk took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain what may have gone wrong during SN10's maiden voyage — and explosion — last month.

Elon Musk Breaks Silence on Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hoisted its next massive Starship prototype called SN11 to the launch pad at its testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX Just Rolled Its Next Starship Prototype Onto the Pad

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is making big moves in developing its launch site in South Texas, with plans for its expanded spaceport going public.

SpaceX Reveals Plans For Hugely Expanded Spaceport in Texas

By Victor Tangermann