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A new image uploaded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows two Starship prototype tanks being assembled "in the midbay." And they're absolutely gigantic.

Damn, This Photo Shows How Huge SpaceX’s Starship Really Is

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just put a tank serving as its seventh Starship prototype called SN7 through its spaces at its testing site in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX Blows Up Another Starship Tank, This Time on Purpose

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

By Victor Tangermann

On Twitter, Elon Musk elaborated on the design tweaks SpaceX will have to make to its Starship to allow it to land on the Moon.

SpaceX Trying to Figure Out How to Land Starship on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

In an email obtained by CNBC, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told his space company's staff that they should "please consider the top SpaceX priority to be Starship."

Elon Musk in Leaked Email: Starship Now “Top SpaceX Priority”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is still planning on an orbital test launch of its Starship spacecraft before the end of the year, despite last week's setback.

After Explosion, SpaceX Still Hoping to Launch Starship This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Breaking: SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Blows Up in Huge Fireball

Breaking: SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Blows Up in Huge Fireball

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced today that it has awarded three contracts to develop lunar landing systems in an effort to return astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.

SpaceX Wins Large NASA Contract for Starship Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

On Sunday, a SpaceX Starship prototype finally stayed intact after having its fuel tanks pressurized, paving the road to more ambitious tests.

SpaceX Manages to Test Starship Without Failing Catastrophically

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.

Watch SpaceX’s Latest Starship Prototype Crumple Like a Can

By Victor Tangermann

A video uploaded by Helsinki-based 3D artist Kimi Talvitie on Wednesday attempts to recreate SpaceX Starship's arachnoid landing legs.

Elon Musk Praises Video of Starship’s Arachnoid Landing Legs

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has released an early version of a user manual for its Starship, a rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and beyond.

SpaceX Starship “User Guide” Details Private Cabins, Common Areas

By Victor Tangermann

"Unless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, then there is no chance of a base on the moon or a city on Mars."

Elon Musk: My Main Goal Is to Get Humanity to Mars Before I Die

By Victor Tangermann

Early Monday morning, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted a link to a video showing a Starship prototype exploding in a massive cloud of gas.

Elon Musk Tweets Vid of Starship Crumpling Up Like a Soda Can

By Victor Tangermann

What in Tarnation Is This “SpaceX Village” by the Starship Launch Site

What in Tarnation Is This “SpaceX Village” by the Starship Launch Site

By Jon Christian

In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas.

Elon Musk Provides Peek Inside Starship Factory

By Victor Tangermann

In a filing with the FCC, SpaceX revealed that it's requesting permission to fly its recent Starship prototype on a flight to an altitude of 12.4 miles.

SpaceX Is Planning a Miles-High Starship Flight as Early as March

By Victor Tangermann

In a series of tweets on Thursday evening, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed some more details of his greater plans to colonize Mars.

Elon Musk Says He’ll Put A Million People on Mars By 2050

By Victor Tangermann

Over 20,000 people have offered to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's flight companion on his trip around the Moon and "life partner."

20,000 Apply to Be Billionaire’s Girlfriend, Get Free Moon Trip

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk might send a Tesla Cybertruck into space aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket, which he mused on Twitter has "the payload capacity."

Elon Musk Might Send a Tesla Cybertruck to Space

By Kristin Houser

An early prototype of SpaceX's massive Starship rocket partially burst apart during a ground test at the company's test site in Boca Chica, Texas.

Watch SpaceX Starship Rocket Burst, Crumple During Test

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk elaborated on his extremely ambitious plans to establish a sustainable settlement on Mars by sending 1,000 Starship rockets.

Elon Musk: I Can Build a Martian City With 1,000 Starships

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company's Starship rocket will only require $900,000 of fuel per launch and cost $2 million per mission overall.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Launches Will Cost 1% of Current NASA Launches

By Victor Tangermann

In a Monday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained that Starship spaceports will need to be 20 miles offshore because of noise.

Elon Musk: Noisy Starship Spaceports Will Be 20 Miles Offshore

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk uploaded a video on Tuesday showing the cavernous and unfinished inside of the space company's gargantuan Starship prototype.

Elon Musk Releases Video Showing Interior of Starship Prototype

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has published a new page on its website dedicated its Starship rocket, as well the Super Heavy, Starship's booster.

SpaceX Releases Beautiful Diagrams of Starship, Super Heavy

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented new details about the company's gigantic Starship rocket prototype at SpaceX's test site in Boca Chica, Texas on Saturday.

SpaceX Unveils Massive Starship Prototype Design

By Victor Tangermann

Watch SpaceX Complete Its Starship Prototype Live on YouTube

Watch SpaceX Complete Its Starship Prototype Live on YouTube

By Victor Tangermann

Workers near SpaceX's Boca Chica test site in Texas have spotted the space company installing Tesla battery packs into one of Starship MK1's header tanks.

SpaceX Is Installing Tesla Batteries In Starship Prototype

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC yesterday, requesting permission to communicate with its first generation Starship up to an altitude of 22.5 km.

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.

SpaceX Working With NASA to Find Mars Landing Sites for Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starhopper finally launched itself some 150 meters (492 feet) into the air Tuesday evening at the company's Boca Chica test facility in Texas.

SpaceX’s Starhopper Aces Test Flight to Almost 500 Feet

By Victor Tangermann

With not even a single second left before takeoff, SpaceX scrubbed Monday's final test flight of its 20 meters-tall Starship prototype called "Starhopper."

SpaceX Delays Starhopper’s Final Test Flight Once Again

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is gearing up for the last flight test of its Starhopper test vehicle of its upcoming Starship spacecraft at its Boca Chica test site in Texas.

SpaceX Starhopper Will Fly for the Last Time Tonight

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has scheduled the next test flight of its Starship prototype Starhopper — possibly up to an altitude of 650 feet — for this weekend.

SpaceX “Starhopper” Will Attempt Longest Flight Yet This Weekend

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimates the cost of building a self-sustaining city on Mars to be anywhere "between $100 billion and $100 trillion."

Elon Musk: Mars City Could Cost Up to $10 Trillion

By Victor Tangermann

CEO Elon Musk has tweeted that SpaceX's Starship prototype should be "almost ready to fly" in time for the company's August 24 update presentation.

Elon Musk: Starship Prototypes Could Be Ready to Fly This Month

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX's Starhopper — a test rocket for its upcoming Starship rocket — just completed its first untethered test flight late last night.

SpaceX Just Flew Its Starship Prototype Without a Tether

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has big plans for the Starship: a "Super Heavy" variant will feature up to 41 Raptor engines, 35 of which will be used as a booster.

Elon Musk: Starship Super Heavy Will Have 41 Raptor Engines

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: Starhopper Survived Massive Fireball, Will Fly Again Soon

Elon Musk: Starhopper Survived Massive Fireball, Will Fly Again Soon

By Victor Tangermann

A small fire broke out today at SpaceX's facility in Florida that's focused on bringing the Starship rocket to life, as TechCrunch reports.

Fire Breaks Out at SpaceX Starship Facility in Florida

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk took to Twitter to compare an Earth-to-Earth trip aboard SpaceX's powerful Starship rocket to a ride on Disney's Space Mountain roller coaster.

Elon Musk Compares Rocket Rides to Disney Roller Coaster

By Kristin Houser

Musk tweeted that he was "thinking about adding giant stainless steel dragon wings to Starship" that could allow it to keep cool during re-entry.

Elon Musk Suggests Adding “Dragon Wings” to Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starship Hopper successfully completed a tethered hop, putting the company's in-development Starship one step closer to liftoff.

SpaceX’s Starship Hopper Completes First Tethered “Hop”

By Kristin Houser

In a video, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off the space company's Starship's "heat shield hex tiles" which could keep its spacecraft cool during re-entry.

Elon Musk Shows Off Glowing Hot “Hex Tile” Starship Heatshield

By Victor Tangermann

In a series of tweets yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the space company is about to start testing its Starship spacecraft.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Hopes to Launch Starship “Test Hopper” This Week

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Wants to Build a “Permanently Occupied Human Base” on the Moon

Elon Musk Wants to Build a “Permanently Occupied Human Base” on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX test fired its Raptor engine designed for its Starship spacecraft for the first time. And the videos are incredible.

Watch SpaceX Test-Fire the Starship Engine for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blamed the company's decision to lay off 10 percent of its workforce on its Starship and Starlink projects this week.

Elon Musk Blames SpaceX Layoffs On “Absolutely Insane Projects”

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk announced a streamlined version of SpaceX's Raptor engine design that will take Starship to space and beyond as well.

Elon Musk’s New Goal: “Reach the Moon as Fast as Possible”

By Victor Tangermann

Powerful wind gusts have caused damage to SpaceX's Starship rocket that CEO Elon Musk believes will take "weeks to repair."

Hurricane-Force Gusts Knocked Over SpaceX’s Starship Last Night

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk explains the decision to use stainless steel to create the new SpaceX Starship rocket in an interview with Popular Mechanics.

SpaceX Starship Will “Bleed Water” From Tiny Holes, Says Elon Musk

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX said Friday that it plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce — an eyebrow-raising move for a company emerging from a record-shattering year.

Surprise Announcement: SpaceX to Lay off 10 Percent of Workforce

By Jon Christian

The suborbital version of Space's Starship rocket is almost ready for lift-off, based on a new photo tweeted by CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Shares Photo of SpaceX’s First Starship

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter yesterday that the first test of the Starship could take place in as little as four weeks.

Elon Musk: First Starship Test Could Be in Four Weeks

By Jon Christian

Stainless steel starship

Elon Musk Tweets Image of SpaceX’s Stainless Steel Starship

By Kristin Houser

Tiny Robots Will Deliver Your Lunch, Because We Hate Human Interaction

Tiny Robots Will Deliver Your Lunch, Because We Hate Human Interaction

By Victor Tangermann

Self-Driving Robot Can Now Deliver Groceries to Your Home

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Self-Driving Robot Can Now Deliver Groceries to Your Home

By June Javelosa