Starship

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said the next version of its Starship launch vehicle will have about three times the thrust of the retired Saturn V. What Happened: Starship is touted as the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, standing 121 meters tall and weighing approximately 5,000 tonnes....

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company, SpaceX, is preparing to launch its Starship again, possibly as soon as June 5. What Happened: SpaceX has yet to receive regulatory approval for Starship’s fourth flight test. However, if approved, the Starship could launch on June...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the company is contemplating launching its Starship rocket, aimed at returning humans to the Moon, from Florida. What Happened: All development and manufacturing of the Starship currently takes place at Starbase in Texas. All three of the Starship’s...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday reiterated his goal to have his satellite launch company take over 90% of all of Earth’s payload to orbit later this year while adding that competitors are free to copy the company and its products. What Happened: “SpaceX might exceed 90% of all Earth...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the company would launch its Starship rocket again in about two weeks, earlier than a previously stated timeline. What Happened: “Starship Flight 4 in about 2 weeks,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. For the next flight, Starship’s goal...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that the company will be launching its Starship rocket again in three to five weeks, pegging the next launch for sometime in June. What Happened: The next flight test of Starship will launch probably in three to five weeks, Musk said on X. For the next flight...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that the company is working on solving the refueling of its two-stage launch vehicle Starship in space by the end of next year and advancing technologies that would eventually allow for people on Mars. What Happened: “Full & rapid reusability of...

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk met Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China in 2019. While Musk is usually at the center of attention, this time, Ma stole the show with his quips, making the Tesla CEO instantly regret being on stage with him....

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that he scrapped the idea of adding stainless steel “dragon wings” to Starship given their mass and complexity. What Happened: Five years ago, on April 14, 2019, Musk wrote on social media platform X (then Twitter) that he was thinking about adding...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is optimistic that it can build a self-sustaining human settlement on Mars in about 20 years. What Happened: The two-stage launch vehicle Starship is at the core of Musk’s dreams to expand human life to Mars. However, Mars is a “fixer-upper...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday said it will launch its Starship for the fourth time next month after the last launch saw the vehicle breaking down upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. What Happened: “Flight 4 next month,” Musk said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Starship is...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company, SpaceX, posted a ten-second video on Wednesday of another engine test ahead of the next flight test for its Starship, touted as the world’s most powerful launch vehicle. The short video depicts a static fire test of a single Raptor engine on the...

SpaceX‘s Starship upper stage successfully completed a full-duration static fire test on Monday at its Starbase facility in South Texas.  What Happened: The 165-foot-tall vehicle fired all six of its Raptor engines, a crucial step before its fourth test flight, potentially...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that the rocket manufacturing company will put 90% of the world’s payload into orbit this year with its Falcon rocket, if all goes well. What Happened: Once Starship is at its maximum capability, this will expand to about 99% of all payload to orbit and...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX successfully launched its Starship for the third time on Thursday morning from Starbase in Texas.  What Happened: Touted as the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, the 121-meter tall, approximately 5,000-tonne, two-stage vehicle lifted...