26 May 2026
Starship’s path to reusability looks murky after SpaceX’s S-1
SpaceX’s recent IPO and Starship rocket test flight delivered two big data points that offer a realistic vision for the coming years — and one that may disappoint both the company’s boosters and its critics.
Tim Fernholz
2026
24 May 2026
Space rockets, satellites, data centers and Grok: What's the right S&P sector index for SpaceX?
SpaceX is on the verge of going where no initial public offering has ever gone before. The company, created and led by Elon Musk, is targeting a stratospheric valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. SpaceX may be fast-tracked into broadly held indexes like the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 at light speed.
Jason Gewirtz
2026
24 May 2026
SpaceX's next-gen Starship rocket enables high valuation, early investor says
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the biggest IPO in history, and its next-generation Starship vehicle may be the key to its sky-high valuation.
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
2026
24 May 2026
Elon Musk called it Epic: The full story of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12
Elon Musk SpaceX reveals reason for Starship v3 stand down, announces next launch date Published 2 days ago on May 21, 2026 Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has decided to stand down from what was supposed to be the first test launch of Starship’s v3 rocket tonight after a minor issue with a hydraulic pin delayed the flight once more. The company scrubbed its first test flight of the upgraded Starship v3 on…
@teslarati
2026
24 May 2026
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon . The redesigned mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public . It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites for release halfway around the…
ABC News, Marcia Dunn
2026
23 May 2026
Video. SpaceX Starship explodes in Indian Ocean after splashdown
SpaceX launched its latest Starship test flight from Texas, with the spacecraft completing most mission objectives before exploding in the Indian Ocean after splashdown.
News Desk
2026
23 May 2026
SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
Fireball SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit. A spacecraft deployed from Starship captured this view of the vehicle in darkness over the South Atlantic Ocean. Credit: SpaceX
Stephen Clark
2026
23 May 2026
SpaceX’s third-generation Starship, which NASA may use to put astronauts on the moon, makes debut
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press
2026
23 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12: Don't miss these stunning photos from the launch of the most powerful Starship yet
SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket launches on a test flight from Starbase, Texas on May 22, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX Starship's massive V3 launch looked incredible. Starship launch blasted off on Friday (May 22) from SpaceX's Starbase test site in South Texas, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. local time or 2230 GMT). The massive ship made a sojourn in suborbital space before both the Starship…
Elizabeth Howell
2026
