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SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas. The launch team at Starbase, Texas, just north of the US-Mexico border, aimed to launch the more than 400-foot-tall rocket at 5:45…

SpaceX’s first attempt to launch the company’s Starship megarocket on the vehicle’s 13th flight test ended before it could properly begin, aborting just before liftoff By Lee Billings & Claire Cameron SpaceX’s Starship rocket sits on its launchpad after a scrub of its 13th test flight. SpaceX The first launch…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 16 launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency. Credit: SpaceX livestream WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 16 launched 21 satellites for the Space Force’s Space Development Agency, restarting deployment of the Pentagon’s first operational low Earth orbit military…

The space race is getting more complex. Instead of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk just trying to one-up each other with space-related projects, they’re trying to land and secure the best talent to make that happen. To compete with the fact that many SpaceX employees became millionaires following the company’s…

SpaceX proactively deorbits Starlink satellites, which burn up in the atmosphere. SpaceX Starlink SpaceX recently submitted the semi-annual report for its satellite constellation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), revealing that it deorbited 260 Starlink satellites over the course of six months. From December 2025 until May 2026, it brought…

SpaceX is launching the latest version of its Starship megarocket for a test flight that—if all goes to plan—should look a lot like the last one By Claire Cameron edited by Lee Billings Starship V3 on the launchpad prior to its 12th test flight. Screenshot via SpaceX SpaceX is gearing…

SpaceX experienced a last-second abort during the launch attempt of Starship Flight 13 on July 16, 2026. On-screen telemetry data showed four engines on the Super Heavy booster didn’t ignite as planned, which SpaceX founder Elon Musk said triggered an abort. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update July 16, 7:10 p.m.…

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket flying from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during the Starlink 10-45 mission on July 14, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Update July 13, 5:58 a.m. EDT (0958 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX flew…

File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX. Update July 13, 10:05 p.m. (0205 UTC): SpaceX landed the booster on the droneship. SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Monday evening on a…

GomSpace built the radio frequency subsystem for IPoS-TDsM, Apolink's first relay cubesat. Credit: Apolink TAMPA, Fla. — Apolink has made contact with its first satellite after launching on SpaceX’s July 7 rideshare mission, clearing the way for a data relay demonstration using a novel experimental license from the Federal Communications…