For the first time, SpaceX will fly a Starship V3 configuration from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, sending the upgraded Super Heavy booster on a trajectory that ends not with the now-famous mechanical “chopstick” tower catch but with a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX completed a full suborbital flight of the latest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle on May 22, achieving several key milestones for "Version 3" even as it lost its first-stage booster shortly into the flight. The 408-ft.-tall rocket lifted off on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. EDT from...

SpaceX is set to reignite a make-or-break testing campaign of its Starship megarocket — and the stakes are high for the company, NASA and beyond.

The 12th test flight deployed mock satellites but the Super Heavy booster was destroyed after separation. SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion next month.

Central Florida could be in store for a pair of sonic booms Monday morning with the planned returned landing of both of the side boosters for the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch since 2024.

SpaceX is planning to skip the dramatic tower catch on its next Starship mission and instead guide the Super Heavy booster to a controlled water landing in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Federal Aviation Administration documents and company communications reviewed ahead of the flight.