Starship’s body is made of stainless steel, a heavier material than carbon composites but chosen for its durability. After Flight 10, parts of the body still gleamed while others were dented and ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday deployed its first batch of mock Starlink satellites in space and tested new heat shield tiles on its plunge through Earth's ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

Your point that appearances are a limited guide to capability is taken, but the Falcon 9 stages have been through way less heating, not to mention all the skirt explosion damage and subsequent flap ...

The Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing Thursday at Vandenberg Space Force Base included heat shield tiles for an apparent test of the component used on the SpaceX Starship vehicle. The rocket ...

'Issue with ground systems' forces scrub for Starship's tenth flight Stakes high for success after streak of testing failures this year Super Heavy booster was to attempt water landing off Texas coast ...

SpaceX’s more than 400-foot-tall Starship rocket returned to form Tuesday, deploying its first payload and completing critical heat shield tests following a string of in-flight and preflight failures.

I know that Musk rightfully has plenty of haters, myself included. And my faith in Starship had waned a bit with each failure this year. But I couldn't help cheering on Starship as it came through the ...