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SpaceX SN8 prototype crashes in fireball after a partly-successful high-altitude test flight

After acing lift-off and mid-flight manoeuvres, SN8 crashed and exploded during its landing attempt because it wasn't slow enough to touch the ground.

'Mars is looking real': SpaceX's Starship prototype SN5 aces key 'hop' towards interplanetary travel

The stainless-steel craft lifted itself into the air, and travelled sideways in a brief, uncrewed flight before sticking its landing as planned.

SpaceX Starship SN4 ticks off multiple boxes en route to its first 'hop' slated for later in May

SpaceX intends for the Starship to make an uncrewed test flight to an altitude of roughly 500 ft, or 150 meters, soon.

SpaceX to test encrypted internet services from Starlink satellites in US military planes

The US Space Command chief visited SpaceX’s Starlink factory in Washington but didn't elaborate on the Pentagon’s plans.

SpaceX unveils new design for prototype Mars spacecraft Starship with missions expected in months

The latest iteration of the Starship Mars spacecraft was revealed to a crowd of space enthusiasts and reporters at SpaceX's Boca Chica facility.

Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's Starhopper prototype designed to get humans to Mars and back

Starship is expected to take off for the first time in about one or two months.

SpaceX's future Mars vessel Starhopper completes first Raptor engine flight test

The Mars rocket completed a seemingly-successful low-altitude test of its next-generation Raptor engine.

Elon Musk still wants to drop nuclear bombs on Mars; releases ‘Nuke Mars’ t-shirt

Back in 2015, Elon Musk had suggested a fast way of making Mars habitable was to drop nukes on its poles

Building a city on Mars could cost an eighth of the global economy: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

If followed through, Musk's dream of a permanent Mars settlement could be the most expensive construction project ever undertaken.

SpaceX ‘Starhopper’ completes its historic first 'hop' tied down to the launchpad

The Starhopper moved one hop closer to its futuristic, intergalactic potential by passing this test.