Scientists’ ideas for travelling to the stars range from the the wholly improbable to the hugely expensive and very difficult ...

SpaceX plans to launch the seventh full-scale test flight of its massive Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket Thursday ...

The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...

The vessel we currently refer to as "Starship" used to be known as the BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) and ITS (Interplanetary Transport System). Along with the name change, SpaceX clarified its vision ...

Bezos' New Glenn and Musk's Starship both are heading for launch, and both could lift off in close timing to each other. Here ...

The seventh fully-stacked SpaceX Starship lifted off on time from Starbase, Texas, but eight-and-a-half minutes into flight, ...

But New Glenn and Starship don’t quite offer an apples-to-apples comparison. Blue Origin spent more than a decade tediously hashing out New Glenn’s design, aiming to all but ensure it would ...

Starship has also undergone several design refinements. Its latest iteration now stands at 403 feet (123 meters) tall, slightly taller than previous versions and roughly 100 feet higher than the ...

With this being a test flight, and SpaceX pushing the design, it is currently unknown what this will mean for Starship launching from Cape Canaveral. The Cape Canaveral Federal Aviation ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Meanwhile, launching from Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX is currently seeking to prefect its Starship design to become its next generation rocket and spacecraft.