The Latest Breaking News from Starship

Starship Flight 14: How to watch Elon Musk’s megarocket heading to orbit for the first time

World’s biggest rocket is set for its most ambitious and dangerous mission to date

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Why Cathie Wood Says SpaceX Stock Could Be a Deep-Value Buy

Wood sees SpaceX as a potential deep-value buy, with Starship’s ambitious growth plans opening the door to a $10 trillion revenue opportunity.

Barchart · Sep 22

SpaceX prepares for first orbital flight of Starship rocket

SpaceX plans its Starship rocket's first orbital flight next week. The launch from Texas aims to deliver twenty-six Starlink satellites. This orbital test marks an exciting new phase for the powerful rocket. Previous flights had exploded. Future commercial flights and Moon or Mars travel depend on further milestones.

The Economic Times · Sep 16

Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)

SpaceX has loaded Flight 13's Starship upper stage onto a ship in the Indian Ocean, more than a month after the vehicle splashed down. It is now headed home to Texas.

Space · Aug 27

SpaceX will build a $100 billion ‘Starbase’ to launch its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft

Elon Musk’s space company hopes to turn Louisiana wetland into a ‘self-sustaining’ spaceport

The Independent UK · Aug 26

SpaceX’s $100 billion bet on Louisiana Starbase: 3,000 jobs, rocket hub - why it matters

SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US' southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help shield inland communities from flooding.

The Times of India · Aug 26

SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility in southern Louisiana

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the company said.

France 24 · Aug 26

SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana

The company's second Starbase campus will eventually launch thousands of Starship flights a year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said, reiterating its goals for an ambitious cadence contingent on solving steep engineering challenges and regulatory hurdles.

The Economic Times · Aug 26

Goodbye, Falcon 9: SpaceX planning to retire workhorse launcher when Starship is up and running

SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 once it gets the next-gen Starship megarocket online. But what will removing one of the most-flown rockets in history do to the current launch market?

Space · Aug 24

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)

SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight, which will be the first to reach orbit.

Space · Aug 21