Starship

Years after touting the idea of making life multi-planetary by enabling humans to land on Mars, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is now contemplating names for the first city on Mars. His vote is on “Terminus.” What Happened: “This has my vote,” Musk wrote on Monday in...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX is now preparing to catch the booster of its ambitious Starship launch vehicle at Starbase during the next launch rather than having it splash down in the Gulf of Mexico like last time. What Happened: During Starship’s last flight test in early June, the two stages of...

European Space Agency (ESA) director of space transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen thinks that SpaceX’s Starship will neither be a game changer nor a real competitor to its Ariane 6 satellite launcher immediately. What Happened: While SpaceX’s Starship is designed to fly people to the...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday envisioned his company enabling a space station on the moon on the heels of a NASA announcement that it has selected the company to develop a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS). What Happened: The ISS, which was launched in 1998, is projected...

SpaceX senior executive Lars Blackmore on Sunday said that the company gambled with the technology aimed at entering its ambitious Starship vehicle back to Earth from orbit. What Happened: “…landing Starship on the ocean feels as significant as Falcon 9's first landing,” Blackmore...

EV giant Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) said on Thursday that it has set up a new supercharger at Boca Chica Boulevard in Texas, near Elon Musk’s rocket manufacturing company’s Starbase facility. What Happened: The new supercharger in Brownsville has 16 stalls and is located near SpaceX’...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has invested over $3 billion in infrastructure at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, and it now has an annual gross economic market value of over $6.5 billion, as per data released by Cameron County officials. What Happened: Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday detailed his vision to transform Starbase into a possible photography hotspot with old Starships lined closer to the fence and enabling space enthusiasts to capture pictures with them. What Happened: “We plan to move older Starships close to the fence, so...

Two major events happened during the first week of June that could help boost the overall space sector in the future. Here's a look at the events and what's next. Boeing Launches Starliner: The space division of Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) successfully launched the Starliner spacecraft with astronauts on...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX on Thursday successfully completed the fourth flight test of its Starship launch vehicle, checking all its test flight goals, and the CEO is already outlining future launch objectives. What Happened: The vehicle lifted off at 7:50 a.m. CT from Starbase in Texas on Thursday...

The upcoming flight test of SpaceX‘s Starship will be live-streamed only on social media platform X, company CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, hinting at increased consolidation across his companies. What Happened: Though Musk is most renowned as the CEO of EV company Tesla, he is also CEO of...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has finally received regulatory approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the upcoming flight test of its Starship launch vehicle. What Happened: The FAA issued the approval on June 4, allowing SpaceX to go ahead with its timeline of launching Starship...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company, SpaceX, is preparing to launch its Starship as soon as June 6, a day later than its previous timeline. What Happened: SpaceX is yet to receive regulatory approval for Starship's fourth flight test. However, if approved, the Starship could launch...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX launched its Falcon rocket 14 times in the month of May, exceeding the company’s expectations of launching 12 times every month this year. What Happened: With the launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Friday, SpaceX completed 14...

SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell reportedly oversees nearly every team at the rocket manufacturing company, rather than CEO Elon Musk. What Happened: Twenty-one executives, including those leading SpaceX’s satellite internet business Starlink, Falcon launch...