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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SpaceX's mammoth Starship rocket could be getting off the ground for the first time in 2026 in just a matter of hours. What makes ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket is expected to launch as early as Thursday, May 21, for its 12th flight test. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to launch the next test of Starship on Thursday evening after a seven ...

Update May 27, 8:42 p.m. EDT (0042 GMT): SpaceX launched Flight Test 9 of its Super Heavy Starship rocket at 7:37 p.m. EDT (2337 GMT; 6:37 p.m. local time in Starbase, Texas). The Super Heavy booster ...

SpaceX's mammoth Starship rocket could be getting off the ground for the first time in 2026 in just a matter of hours. Seven months have elapsed since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight ...

Update: SpaceX scrubbed a Starship flight test May 21 due to what CEO Elon Musk said on X was an issue with the "hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place" not retracting. Another launch attempt is ...

SpaceX is targeting Friday, May 22, for the 12th test flight of its Starship rocket from South Texas. This launch will debut the next-generation Version 3 of Starship, which is bigger and more ...

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 21, for the 12th test flight of its Starship rocket from South Texas. This launch will debut the next-generation Version 3 of Starship, which is bigger and more ...