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Starship point-to-point: a potential future application or a capability flex?

2 weeks ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Chris Bergin

7 Officially announced by SpaceX as a future goal of Starship, Point-to-Point proposes utilizing its rapidly reusable Starship launch vehicle as an Earth-focused fast transportation system, allowing people to travel anywhere in the world in under one hour.
Booster 14 Refiles, SpaceX already preparing next vehicle for Primary Objectives

2 weeks ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

0 Starship Flight 9 is in the books, and SpaceX reflew a Super Heavy Booster and, on the third try, got a Block 2 Ship past Second Stage Engine Cutoff (SECO). However, Ship 35 would not complete its primary objective of obtaining heat shield reentry data due to its uncontrolled reentry. This did not deter SpaceX, however, as just eight days after Flight 9, Booster 16 was rolled to Pad A for static fire testing.
The Future of the Starship Program, Block 3 and Mars

4 weeks ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

3 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a talk to employees inside the Starfactory, laying out the future of the Starship Program in terms of hardware and reuse. He also revealed SpaceX’s ambitious plan to colonize Mars over the next decade. Next Generation StarshipBlock 3 or Next Generation Ship appears to be slated to start with Ship 39. Currently, that Ship has pieces inside Starfactory under construction.
Third Time's the Charm? Starship Flight 9

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 After a pair of Ship failures for Block 2 and an extended downtime between flights, SpaceX is set to try and break the streak with Flight 9 and get a Ship past Second Stage Engine Cut Off (SECO). Also, Booster 14 will be flying for its second time, marking the first reuse of a Super Heavy Booster in the Starship program. Launch is set for Tuesday evening from Starbase, Texas. Flight 7 & 8So far, Block 2 of the Ship has not had the success SpaceX would’ve liked.
Third time's the charm? Starship Flight 9 ready for flight

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

6 After a pair of Block 2 Ship failures and an extended downtime between flights, SpaceX is set to fly Starship’s ninth flight test and attempt to fly a Ship past second stage engine cutoff. Booster 14 will fly a second time, marking the first reuse of a Super Heavy booster in the Starship program. Liftoff of Ship 35 and Booster 14 is scheduled for 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC) on May 27 from Orbital Launch Pad A at SpaceX’s launch facility in Starbase, Texas.
Starfish Space announces plans for first commercial satellite docking

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

1 A new mission will aim to complete the first commercial satellite docking in low Earth orbit (LEO). However, the satellite it aims to dock with isn’t equipped with a docking adapter. Starfish Space is hoping to prove the concept of being able to dock to unprepared satellites for repair, refueling, or repositioning in orbit. The mission, known as Otter Pup 2, is now set to launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare mission.
Butch and Suni weren't the only ones: the stories of astronauts "stranded" in space

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

3 After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down near Florida over nine months later on March 18, 2025. The two astronauts missed family events, birthdays, and Christmas while engineers tried to determine whether Boeing’s Starliner capsule would be safe to return with the crew of two or, as they later decided, to integrate Butch and Suni into the Crew-9 mission and return back on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet a Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoes refurbishment and testing, along with numerous Ships. Flight 9 might be only a few weeks away, with Ship 35 having completed engine testing; however, it might not have been a nominal test. ShipsShip 35 finished stacking in early February of this year. With the failures of Ship 33 and Ship 34, SpaceX has spent extra time preparing this Ship for flight.
ESA's Biomass mission to launch aboard Vega-C

2 months ago | nasaspaceflight.com | William Graham

3 The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, will launch Tuesday aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket. Biomass, which will study Earth’s forests and their impact on the planet’s climate, is due to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 09:15 UTC (6:15 AM local time). The Earth Explorer missions are part of the Living Planet Programme (LPP), managed by the Earth Observation Programmes Directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Starship program laying groundwork for huge facilities in Texas and Florida

2 months ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX is busy creating launch and production capacity for the future of its Starship program, focusing on huge Gigabays at both Starbase in Texas and Roberts Road in Florida. To cater for this future production cadence, SpaceX’s launch sites for Starship are also a focus of its attention, with the second pad at Starbase making solid progress, while activity at the Starship site at KSC’s 39A is now in full swing.