The time is coming for SpaceX's gargantuan Starship launch vehicle to take off once again from the company's South Texas headquarters.
Nearly three months have elapsed since SpaceX last conducted a flight test for a vehicle that billionaire Elon Musk, the commercial rocket company's founder, has hoped to begin launching more often. But progress has stymied in 2025 as Starship has met a few untimely explosive midair ends between January and May, followed by a fiery ground mishap in June that delayed a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 10.
Once again, anticipation is high – as are the stakes – as SpaceX prepares for the next uncrewed Starship demonstration.
For SpaceX and Musk, the pressure is on as they race to develop a vehicle that the tech mogul has promised could be launching for Mars in 2026 and used in a NASA astronaut lunar mission as early as 2027.
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