SpaceX launched its mighty Starship rocket for the eighth time last week. The mission was a bit of mixed bag, with the team successfully catching the first-stage Super Heavy booster on its return to the launchpad, but losing the Starship spacecraft in a midair explosion minutes after stage separation. The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is … Read more
SpaceX has successfully launched the massive Starship rocket for the eighth time. The latest flight test of the most powerful rocket ever to fly got underway from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, at about 5:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, March 7. Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/OL7moLdZ2u — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 6, 2025 Please … Read more
SpaceX has confirmed that it’s targeting Friday, February 28, for the eighth test of the Starship, the most powerful rocket ever to fly. It comes a day after SpaceX chief Elon Musk revealed that the Starship “flies Friday.” The company has shared a targeted launch time for the test of the rocket, which will eventually … Read more
Activity at SpaceX’s Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas, suggests that the spaceflight company is moving rapidly toward the eighth test of its mighty Starship rocket, which comprises the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft. SpaceX has released two sets of images from the site in recent days, the first one showing … Read more