Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in South Texas. The engine ran for approximately 60 seconds, and SpaceX confirmed the test-firing in a post on X: "Starship completed a long duration six-engine static fire and is undergoing final preparations for the ninth flight test."

Tonight's launch was SpaceX's 54th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 and 56th liftoff so far this year. The other two missions involved Starship, SpaceX's next-generation super-heavy-lift rocket. The company is gearing up for another Starship test flight — the vehicle's ninth overall — in the coming weeks.

SpaceX can now launch Starship 25 times a year in South Texas, a change that Elon Musk's rocket company welcomes as communities in affected regions worry about potential destruction from the ...

A November 2023 rocket failure from Elon Musk’s SpaceX actually bre the atmosphere. For the first time in mankind’s history, a hole was blown in the ionosphere […]

Imagine traveling from New York to Shanghai in just 40 minutes! SpaceX’s Starship could redefine long-haul aviation with point-to-point space travel. Discover how rockets might replace airplanes for the fastest flights on Earth.

When SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket for just the second time in November 2023, it didn't just break records—it broke the sky. Scientists have recently revealed that the raw power of the launch punched a temporary hole through the upper atmosphere,

SpaceX's Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean about an hour after launch. A camera on buoy captured the fireworks. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta

Welcome to Florida Today's live coverage of the Starlink 6-83 mission! After a scrub early this morning, SpaceX crews will try again tonight to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center — but will springtime clouds and precipitation pose a threat yet again?