SpaceX is ready for the next Starship flight test, aiming to make strides toward full reusability of the launch system at the start of what promises to be a massive year for the launcher.

Some 11.5 minutes into the flight — the 12th overall for the XB-1 — at an altitude of around 35,000 feet (10,668 meters), the test plane exceeded Mach 1, the speed of sound, marking the first ...

That will set the stage for the Super Heavy-Starship launch from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility at 5 p.m. EST, weather permitting. The Super Heavy-Starship is ...

The Missile Defense Agency has completed a flight test of its Hypersonic Test Bed. The agency said Tuesday that a sounding rocket was used to propel a glide vehicle into hypersonic flight during ...

Lost spacecraft: SpaceX said Thursday that its Starship spacecraft — which was meant to lap Earth and splash down in the Indian Ocean — exploded not long after its 7th test flight took off ...

The Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket was launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday. The rocket, powered by 33 ...

During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound.

After weeks of preparation, SpaceX is now preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon. In a first, the Starship will attempt a Starlink payload deployment ...

"Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve ...

Starship will make its first attempt to deply payloads in space SpaceX is currently preparing for its Starship Flight 7 test The Elon Musk-led firm plans to conduct the test later in January ...

Though the company successfully caught the booster with giant mechanical arms at the launchpad, flight controllers lost contact with the uncrewed spaceship, which prematurely ended the test after ...

SpaceX’s next test flight of its Starship launch vehicle will depend on weather, the company warned on Tuesday. What Happened: The company is currently preparing to launch Starship on Wednesday ...