SpaceX poised for 1st Starship flight test of 2026
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Elon Musk has signaled that SpaceX’s Starship rocket could fly again within weeks, a timeline that hinges on federal regulators completing a multi-step approval process after the vehicle’s most recent test flight ended in failure. The Federal Aviation ...
SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company’s IPO registration reviewed
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nails its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seizes back spotlight as the latest dramatic test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ends with upper stage blowing up over Atlantic.
Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by humans to the Moon since 1972. What a mission it was! Now, attention turns to completing development of a lander to get astronauts down to the Moon’s surface.
SpaceX's main rocket customers include NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, international space agencies, and commercial satellite companies. The Starship system, a combination of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage, is designed for full reusability and built to carry crew and cargo.