The company is also celebrating the third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines.

SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...

In preparation for its eighth Starship launch, SpaceX is finishing up preflight shakedowns for the megarocket's first stage, or Super Heavy booster, and second stage, also known simply as "Ship." ...

SpaceX posted photos on X today (Feb. 25) showing Super Heavy, the giant first stage of its Starship megarocket, being lifted onto the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas.

The test flight will be the first since January 16, when SpaceX managed to “catch” the returning first-stage Super Heavy booster using a pair of giant mechanical arms attached to the launch tower.

The Super Heavy booster now includes upgraded avionics, including a more powerful flight computer, improved power and network distribution, and integrated smart batteries, SpaceX said. SpaceX is ...

SpaceX plans to begin construction on a 380-foot-tall Starship Gigabay at Kennedy Space Center as early as April 2025. The Gigabay will be used to stack and finalize Super Heavy boosters for ...

Starship has flown seven times to date, most recently on Jan. 16. That mission was a mixed bag; SpaceX caught Super Heavy with the "chopstick" arms of Starbase's launch tower about seven minutes ...