This will be something that we will be working on for a few years I think, to keep honing in on the heat shield,” These words from Elon Musk, spoken during SpaceX’s recent Starship presentation, encapsulate the scale of engineering audacity now unfolding at Starbase,

The 400-foot-tall Starship rocket is set to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at 7:30 p.m. EST for its ninth test flight, with the company aiming to correct the failures of

Elon Musk predicts the first uncrewed Starship trip to Mars by the end of next year, despite recent test setbacks. The mission timeline hinges on technical milestones, including orbital refueling. Mars-bound flights would use humanoid robots initially,