SpaceX Starship

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Generating some 16.5 million lb. of thrust, the 404-ft tall Starship-Super Heavy headed toward a suborbital trajectory for a planned 66-min. flight demonstration.

The Italian Space Agency signed an agreement with SpaceX to fly several science payloads on an upcoming Starship mission or missions to Mars.

SpaceX’s 10th flight test of a Starship-Super Heavy launch system remained on hold Aug. 25 following a scrub due to lightning concerns at the company’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, spaceport.

SpaceX canceled plans for a flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system Aug. 24 to troubleshoot a potential problem with ground systems.

SpaceX is aiming to resume Starship-Super Heavy flight tests as early as Aug. 24.

SpaceX expects its Starship launcher to break the company's previous rideshare launch record of 143 spacecraft when it begins flying such missions.

SpaceX plans another Starship flight test soon after a vehicle slated to perform that mission suffered an explosion in June.

An explosive ground test accident has claimed a fourth Starship vehicle.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.

A SpaceX Starship vehicle being prepared for the company’s upcoming 10th integrated flight test exploded on a test stand around midnight EDT June 19.

Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 37 was razed June 12, as the U.S. Space Force considers leasing the site to SpaceX for Starship-Super Heavy operations.

An upper-stage engine failure led to the premature demise of SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test, the FAA says after reviewing the company’s investigation.

Voyager Technologies is looking for its initial public offering to underpin construction and deployment of its Starlab low-Earth-orbit space station.

For the third time, the FAA will require SpaceX to complete a mishap investigation prior to resuming launches of its Starship-Super Heavy system.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Elon Musk is promising to pick up the pace of Starship flight tests as SpaceX pursues key goals for program.

Blue Origin’s prototype lunar lander is slated for a demonstration mission this year.

Less than halfway through its expected 66-min. glide around Earth, Starship experienced a leak that led to a loss of attitude control.

SpaceX will make a third attempt as early as May 27 to send a next-generation Starship vehicle into a suborbital test flight around Earth.

A week after receiving SpaceX’s report about why its last Starship failed, the FAA cleared the company for another launch attempt.

The FAA is reviewing a SpaceX report about the breakup of its last Starship test vehicle. Airspace restrictions for the upcoming launch will be expanded.

Following a pair of unsuccessful attempts to test its upgraded Starship vehicle in space, SpaceX is preparing another ship for launch as early as May 21.

Trump sees SpaceX and the private sector taking over deep-space travel for the U.S. space program.