Starship news
Here we gather what the specialist press publishes about Starship: 135 stories collected since July 6, 2026, newest first and always linking to the outlet that published them. The list updates itself as new pieces come in. The recurring topics are Space, Other, Civil aviation.
August 25, 2026
The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
SpaceX will build a new Starship launch base in Louisiana, in Vermilion Parish, along the Gulf of Mexico coast. The new site will be named Starbase Louisiana […] The article…
August 24, 2026
The decision will also affect the Falcon Heavy as the company manages to make Starship reliable enough to take on most missions. The post SpaceX: Falcon 9 to be retired once Starship…
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SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 once it gets the next-gen Starship megarocket online. But what will removing one of the most-flown rockets in history do to the current launch market?
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A soft landing at sea keeps Starship intact, giving SpaceX an unprecedented chance to recover a complete spacecraft. The post Historic: Starship completes…
American aerospace company SpaceX is gradually retiring the Falcon 9 rocket to focus entirely on Starship, no longer accepting exclusive bookings and flights…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- SpaceX is working to launch, no earlier than August 28, 2026, the fourteenth orbital test flight of its Starship rocket from the Starbase site in Texas. The flight…
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Airnorth’s Embraer E190 VH-XFC flew a SpaceX recovery team to Christmas Island on 15 August for a crew change following Starship Flight 13’s splashdown in the Indian Ocean. According to the airline…
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August 22, 2026
The document updates US space transportation guidelines for the first time since 2013, and SpaceX already promises to go further: 10,000 Starship flights a year…
August 21, 2026
SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight, which will be the first to reach orbit.
For the first time, Starship lands on the sea without exploding — everything about the rescue operation and what it means for SpaceX…
August 20, 2026
SpaceX will likely try to make the first-ever catch of its Starship upper stage a few months from now, according to Elon Musk. He had earlier flagged late August as a potential date for the milestone.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced today that the company will likely attempt to catch the Starship upper stage with its launch tower arms “in a few months.” In a post on X, Musk wrote, “Looks like we…
August 19, 2026
While Starship is grabbing headlines, another fully reusable vehicle is advancing towards a potential 2026… The post Stoke Space conducts second stage fit checks, completes first stage engines ahead…
August 18, 2026
"A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle."
After Starship's test launch and splashdown last month, SpaceX recovery teams have successfully tugged the vehicle through a turbulent stretch of the Indian Ocean and arrived at calmer waters off…
The vehicle was taken near the coast of Christmas Island and will now be examined by engineers before the attempt to return to Starbase The post SpaceX rescues Starship…
SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location just off the coast of… The post Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Return to Starbase appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
On July 24 one of our members’ aircraft – a medevac jet – departed MGGT/Guatemala...
August 11, 2026
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At SpaceX’s Starbase production site, teams are progressing multiple Starship vehicles through the Production Site… The post Starbase Production lining up future vehicles appeared first on…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- According to information released between August 5 and 6, 2026, including statements by Elon Musk at the company's first earnings presentation after…
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August 10, 2026
On August 10, 2026, financial market analysis highlighted a projected shift in space launch economics as SpaceX transitions primary payload manifests from its operational Falcon 9 workhorse to the…
August 9, 2026
Aviación Digital, Sp.- A 52-meter upper stage, designed to return from space in a vertical position, has become an unusual maritime cargo. Satellite images show…
August 8, 2026
Besides Christopher Nolan's, the space sector is following another "Odyssey": Ship 40's journey to Australia. Since July 25, after having survived…
August 7, 2026
SpaceX is still towing Starship's upper stage toward shore two weeks after its latest test flight, but the unprecedented effort is unlikely to succeed, according to Elon Musk.
SpaceX's founder and CEO wants to rapidly ramp up the launch frequency of the giant rocket.
August 6, 2026
The dispersion of launch costs has shrunk over the years. A new paper noted that three effects could be causing this phenomenon. Historically it has been documented how there is a high degree of…
SpaceX is now in the process of recovering that stage to inspect it and analyze data from the flight. The company wants to test a ground recovery of the upper stage…
August 5, 2026
Elon Musk has declared that SpaceX has effectively solved one of Starship’s most persistent engineering challenges: the reliability of its heat shield tiles. During the company’s first-ever Earnings…
The success of Starship's thirteenth flight, on 25 July, marked the start of a new phase for SpaceX. With the next launch, the company will attempt for the first…
