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Starship Recovery Deteriorates After Upper Stage Survives Ocean Splashdown

Close-up photos of the heat shield and engines offer engineers key data that could shape Starship’s reuse plans.

SpaceX Readies Late‑August Starship Flight to Deploy V3 Starlinks and Could Catch Upper Stage

China Accelerates 千帆 LEO Broadband Buildout With Back-to-Back Long March Launches

SpaceX Schedules Multiple Falcon 9 Starlink Launches as China Debuts Long March 12B

Long March 12A Reaches Orbit on Debut as Booster Recovery Fails

Blue Arrow’s Zhuque-3 Reaches Orbit as First-Stage Recovery Attempt Fails

SpaceX's Starship Flight 11 Hits Key Targets, Paving Shift to Version 3

SpaceX Sets Oct. 13 Target for Starship Flight 11 With New Booster Landing Test

Starship Notches Breakthrough Tenth Test With First Payload Deployment and Controlled Splashdowns

SpaceX Delays Starship Flight 10 Again After Weather Scrub

SpaceX’s Ninth Starship Test Fails Despite Reused Booster Milestone

SpaceX to launch ninth Starship test flight with first reused Super Heavy booster

SpaceX Starship Explodes Again, Raising Questions About Program's Stability

SpaceX Starship Upper Stage Explodes During Seventh Test Flight

Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Achieves Orbit on Maiden Flight

SpaceX Achieves Historic Rocket Booster Catch