SpaceX, Starship and South Texas

SpaceX postpones Starship launch from South Texas until Thursday. Here's what you need to know.
SpaceX is counting down to its seventh Starship test flight from South Texas. A 60-minute launch window opens at 4 p.m.
Starship launch: How to watch SpaceX conduct latest test of megarocket from Texas
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license for the next Starship flight test on Dec. 17, clearing the way for SpaceX to once again launch the world's largest rocket from south Texas. Ever since, SpaceX has been rapidly preparing for the seventh overall flight test of the 400-foot-tall Starship.
FAA grounds SpaceX Starship launches after breakup in Texas
The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a test launch Thursday.
SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. The 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas Thursday at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT; 4 p.m. local Texas time).
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is apparently destroyed after launch test: Watch video
The uncrewed Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas.
SpaceX Starship spacecraft is lost on 7th test flight
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, pulled off a daring booster catch on its most ambitious test flight yet, but the spacecraft was lost. Follow for the latest news.
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st flight since Starship explosion
SpaceX launched 21 of its Starlink internet satellites early Jan. 21, five days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.
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While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
SpaceX set to launch one of its most ambitious Starship test flights yet
SpaceX readies its seventh test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever designed. The trial will test upgrades to the spacecraft and deploy mock satellites.
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Starship rocket destroyed during test flight in South Texas, SpaceX confirms
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"There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA is working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities to confirm reports of public property damage on Turks and Caicos," said the FAA, which oversees p ...
Starship faces more opposition — including from Hawaii — after last week's fiery breakup
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