"Starship were meant to fly and our next one launches in about 3 weeks, but I recommend waiting for a few more test flights before hopping on board," Musk said Monday (Feb. 12) in a post on X.

The new Starship 3.0 has a natural gas engine instead – one that Cummins brought to market in 2024 and that is made specifically for heavy-duty trucking and machines. The engine itself is a huge ...

The whole flight lasted around 3 minutes and reached a maximum altitude of 39 kilometres. Starship’s second launch was on 18 November. This time, all 33 engines fired and the rocket flew long ...

Starship's third mission launched on March 14. It had been pending favorable weather and a license from the Federal Aviation Administration. You can rewatch the launch on X, on the mission 3 page ...

The Shell Starship 3.0, complete with a natural gas ICE powertrain, improves freight efficiency by tweaking current Class 8 tractor design—not overhauling it. LEEDS, Alabama—Just how efficient ...

But that's no longer the plan. "Now targeting to launch Starship's eighth flight test as soon as Monday, March 3," SpaceX ...

SpaceX could upgrade to Starship version 3 by November, 2025. It is projected that Starship V3 could have a payload capacity of approximately 200 tons to low Earth orbit (LEO) when fully reusable, and ...

Gebhardt noted a few features of the upgraded engine: It “eliminates the large and heavy engine heat shields, which means that when we move from the Raptor 2 to the Raptor 3 engines on Starship ...

Super Heavy on the launch pad at Starbase ahead of Starship’s eighth flight test on Monday March 3, 2025. Now targeting to launch Starship's eighth flight test as ...

and Category 3 (low risk), with Category 3 rockets the most likely to be used in missions. It is unclear which category Starship will be put in. However, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ...