On Tuesday, May 27, at just after 7:30 P.M. Eastern Time, Starship Flight 9 lifted off the launchpad in Starbase, Texas. The launch was a first for Starship, since it was the first time SpaceX were going to refly a Super Heavy booster, using the one flown on Flight 7. As part of reflying the booster, SpaceX put the booster through a battery of tests, intending to test how it would respond to a variety of situations. As well as reflying a booster, SpaceX hoped to deploy a set of Starlink simulators using the Ship upper stage.

The FAA has given SpaceX the go-ahead for the next launch of Starship, its super heavy launcher, from Starbase, Texas (yes, that is the name of the city). This is Starship's ninth test flight, and the...

On October 13th, 2024, SpaceX launched the fifth test flight of the Starship. Towering at almost 400 feet tall, Starship is made of two components: the Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy rocket. The Super Heavy rocket is about 230 feet tall, while the Starship rocket is about 160 feet tall. The purpose of  Starship is to soon carry crew and cargo to the Moon, and eventually Mars.

Starship is the rocket that is bound to take us the moon, mars, and the stars beyond.