SpaceX is preparing to launch the biggest and most powerful rocket Thursday, working nonstop after the first shot at a test flight fizzled earlier in the week. The nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship is poised to blast off from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX’s Elon Musk gave 50–50 odds of the…

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—SpaceX called off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket on Monday. Elon Musk and his company had planned to launch the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX postponed the launch because of a problem with the first-stage booster. No people or…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the long-awaited license on Friday. SpaceX announced that Starship—the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket—could soar as soon as Monday. No people or satellites…

WASHINGTON—A key SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test now is likely to take place later this month rather than sometime this week, the space company’s CEO Elon Musk said on Monday. SpaceX envisions Starship as a fully reusable transportation system to carry astronauts and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon, Mars, and beyond. The…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the United States a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well during the three-week…

The Tesla Inc. Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starship is a launch vehicle the company is developing and testing for orbital launch and for transporting humans and cargo beyond Earth. What Happened Science, a peer-reviewed academic journal, on Sunday shared on Twitter a graphic showing the height, payload capacity, and inflation-adjusted cost per kilogram of some launch…

WASHINGTON—The Starship rocket booster SpaceX plans to use for an inaugural flight to orbit will “probably” return to its launch mount in Texas next week following a testing explosion on Monday, the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, told Reuters. “Damage is minor, but booster will be transferred back to the high bay for inspections, returning…

SpaceX and Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said it was “not good” after an explosion took place during the testing of a prototype Super Heavy rocket booster. What Happened Musk’s comments came in response to a tweet that featured the explosion that occurred during the testing of the Super Heavy Booster 7 at SpaceX’s Boca Chica,…

A U.S. federal agency announced on Monday that it would require SpaceX to take 75 environmental actions before permitting its Starship-Super Heavy program to launch. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require SpaceX to take actions like monitoring plants and wildlife for launch impacts, removing launch debris from sensitive habitats in the surrounding Texas…

Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk aims to build 100 starships per year and send one million people to Mars by 2050. He believes close to a million people are needed on Mars to ensure enough population for the necessary work to survive on the Red Planet. Musk recently advocated building over 1000 Starships to send…