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The Future of the Starship Program, Block 3 and Mars

1 week 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 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.
Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth's poles

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

5 The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with NSF, the crew of Fram2 provided insight into their groundbreaking mission and what it’s like to view Earth from polar orbit. On March 31, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Crew Dragon Resilience on top.
Booster 14 Completes Milestone Static Fire Ahead of Flight 9

2 months ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX has now completed the first-ever static fire of a flown Super Heavy Booster, Booster 14, which is set to fly on Flight 9. Ship 35, which is also set to fly on Flight 9, is expected to be the next milestone ahead of flight, as it waits to complete engine testing at Masseys. Booster 14 Static FireOn April 1, SpaceX rolled Booster 14 out to the launch site and placed it on Orbital Launch Pad A.