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 5, 2026
This work expands on tests conducted at the same facility in 2024 and is part of the development of Starship's Human Landing System (HLS), which NASA intends to use to transport…
During its first earnings call since going public, SpaceX officials said today the next Starship test flight, IFT-14, will put operational Starlink Version 3 satellites into orbit. If they get […]
August 4, 2026
SpaceX plans to notch some big milestones on the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is tentatively scheduled for late August.
SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month. The post SpaceX to begin Starship…
August 3, 2026
NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year's Artemis III demonstration mission by carrying out new wind tunnel tests on the Super…
August 1, 2026
On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which survived reentry intact enough to float.
Aviación Digital, Sp.- The new images of Starship obtained from its own payload make flight 13 more than a launch test: they give SpaceX an external perspective…
July 31, 2026
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We just got an amazing new view of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in space, thanks to one of the company's Starlink V3 broadband satellites.
When NASA awarded the HLS (Human Landing System) lunar lander contract to SpaceX in April 2021, Artemis III was the mission meant to return humans […] The post The watered-down lunar landers of…
When NASA awarded the HLS (Human Landing System) lunar lander contract to SpaceX in April 2021, Artemis III was the mission meant to return humans […] The post The watered-down lunar landers of…
Under a minute of footage showing Starship S40 in space during Flight 13, shot from a Starlink V3 satellite. The material comes from SpaceX and the channel sets it to a track of its own; the vantage point — a satellite filming the vehicle from orbit — is an unusual one.
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NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests…
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SpaceX used drones and a special 'buoy cam' to capture incredible footage of its Starship upper stage making a soft ocean landing after its 13th test flight on July 24.
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July 29, 2026
SpaceX continues to collect imagery of the vehicle as it floats in the Indian Ocean five days after its most recent flight test.
What happens when a black hole and a star meet in the middle of nowhere in a galaxy? It sounds like it could be a dramatic science fiction backdrop, with some hapless starship caught in the crunch…
July 28, 2026
A short clip of Starship S40 splashing down in the Indian Ocean at the end of Flight 13. The footage, official SpaceX material shot from a drone, catches the final descent and the soft landing on the water that closed out the mission.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact,… The post Ship 40’s flawless flight promotes next mission catch potential appeared first on…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
Last week, the SpaceX Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its thirteenth flight test. This was the second flight of the Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles and the first Starship flight to…
July 27, 2026
The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well —and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.
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SpaceX performed a secret test on a specific portion of Starship with its recent 13th test flight last week, CEO Elon Musk revealed. Starship’s 13th test flight took place last Friday, and in many…
After completing its ascent with all six Raptor engines running, the upper stage released the 20 satellites in a real-world test of its new payload dispenser…
SpaceX's Starship performed its latest suborbital test flight last week, inching closer to orbital missions. Paul Almond says that Starship could still be useful to SpaceX even before the company…
The SpaceX Starship took off from Starbase, Texas, last Friday night on its thirteenth test flight. This was the second flight of the Starship and Super Heavy V3, and the..
SpaceX flew the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket Friday evening, ending with the first intact Starship put in the water. The post Starship Sticks the Water Landing on Flight 13 appeared first…
July 26, 2026
(Updated) Ship 40 is drifting on the water's surface far longer than expected. Didn't Booster 20 only run into problems during the landing burn? A portal post by the Raumfahrer.net editor…
July 25, 2026
SpaceX successfully launched Starship Flight 13 from its Starbase facility in Texas, achieving an intact ocean splashdown of the upper stage and deploying 20 next-generation Starlink Version 3…
Just hours after Starship Flight 13 achieved a successful soft splashdown of its upper stage in the Indian Ocean on July 24, Elon Musk announced an ambitious next step for the company’s next launch…
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
