SpaceX plans to attempt a test Starlink deployment and return the upper stage to the launch site in a first during Starship's next Texas flight test.

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A new-and-improved Starship megarocket is due to soar halfway across the world in a matter of days in SpaceX's first test of the vehicle since May.

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SpaceX boss Elon Musk has promised to lay out his company’s plans for the mighty Starship rocket in an upcoming event. In a post on X on Thursday night, he said the presentation will take place ...

On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars's moon Phobos. Hall was working at the U.S. Naval ...

SpaceX’s development of Starship marks a pivotal step in realizing Elon Musk’s long-standing ambition to colonize Mars.