The Starship upper stage also went through its first full-duration static fire test on April 14.

SpaceX lit all 33 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy V3 booster at its Starbase launch complex in South Texas in late April 2026 ...

SpaceX conducted its first "static fire" engine test of a new version of Starship at Boca Chica/Starbase on Tuesday. Ship 39, the vehicle tested on Tuesday, is the first example of the third ...

SpaceX successfully tested Starship V3's upper stage and Super Heavy booster at Starbase, Texas, paving the way for the ...

Elon Musk has had to revise his estimates for when SpaceX will launch Starship for the first time in 2026.

Explore how Starship’s Super Heavy booster, heat shield tiles, and methalox fuel work with Raptor engines to enable reusable launches and future Mars colonization missions. Pixabay, RJA1988 SpaceX's ...

SpaceX is edging toward the 12th launch of its Starship rocket, which this time will see a new version of the massive vehicle head skyward. The launch team has just completed a crucial test of the ...

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) —Testing at pad 2 continues with water deluge, methane plumbing, and full-speed chopstick tests taking place amid SpaceX’s continuing efforts to validate and make ready ...

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