The idea that humans could one day populate and even colonize Mars is one no longer confined to the realm of science fiction. Astronauts are on the cusp in the years ahead of journeying all the way to ...

SpaceX has unveiled a radical redesign of its Starship rocket after several failed flight attempts of the Mars-bound rocket. Elon Musk’s space company announced on Wednesday that it will remove one of ...

SpaceX has delivered a new animated look at the launch of Starship to Mars. See the launch, Super Heavy booster re-entry and ...

SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program.

SpaceX has for more than two years been testing its massive Starship rocket from Texas for several future missions, including NASA's highly anticipated human moon landing. NASA had previously awarded ...

Humans could soon step on the red planet as SpaceX plans to launch crewed missions within the decade. CEO Elon Musk says his company plans to launch five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. Musk ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded during a test at its Texas Starbase campus. The explosion is the fourth failure for SpaceX's Starship rockets this year. SpaceX uses failures to improve — but it's ...

The 11th flight test of SpaceX's Starship megarocket is on the launch pad and preparing to launch Monday evening. The launch window opens at 7:15 p.m. ET. The launch is the fifth flight test in 2025.

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Starship is the centerpiece of Musk's vision of sending the first humans to Mars, and is also critical in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time in five decades.

The SpaceX Starship launch scheduled for Aug. 24 was cancelled due to "an issue with ground systems," the company posted on X shortly before the anticipated launch time. The scheduled launch had ...

The SpaceX CEO outlined how he hopes to make space travel like air travel. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared his vision for a future of commercial space travel with the latest updates on the company's new ...