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One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 underwent “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11pm on Wednesday (0400…

A SpaceX Starship upper stage, or ship, being prepared for an earlier test flight. The ship for the tenth test flight exploded during ground tests June 19. Credit: SpaceX Updated 9:45 a.m. Eastern with Musk comment on potential cause. To continue reading this article: Register now and get 3 free…

Starship Ship 36 explodes at SpaceX’s Massey test flight on June 18, 2025. Image: LabPadre Space. Update June 19, 10:51 p.m. EDT: Adding statements from SpaceX and Elon Musk. SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in a catastrophic explosion shortly after 11 p.m. CT (0400 UTC) Wednesday as it was…

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Home » Technology » SpaceX’s 30x Surge to $12 Trillion by 2035 and the Mars Effect Mach33, ARK’s open-source SpaceX model projects SpaceX to be worth ~$2.5 trillion in 2030 and about $12 trillion around 2035. I discuss SpaceX future value and the Mars plans in a new video. This…

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on Monday evening (June 16). A relatively new Falcon 9 rocket, making only its third flight, lifted off at 8:36 p.m. PDT local (11:36 p.m. EDT or 0336 GMT June 17) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The…

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon stand at Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ahead of the Ax-4 astronaut launch. (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) Axiom Space's next astronaut launch is back on the board, at least for now. That mission, Ax-4, is Axiom's fourth crewed flight…

Some space companies aren't necessarily against this idea, but SpaceX hasn't spoken. Starship soars through the stratosphere. Credit: Stephen Clark/Ars Technica The Federal Aviation Administration may soon levy fees on companies seeking launch and reentry licenses, a new tack in the push to give the agency the resources it needs…

A Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX’s West Coast launch pad carrying 26 Starlink satellites. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its latest batch of 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on Thursday nightfrom Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission, dubbed Starlink 15-6, lifted off on a Falcon…

NASA and Axiom Space were yet to announce a new date for the launch of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), involving India's astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others, after the lift-off was delayed due to a leak detected in SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket. "A new launch date…