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On Friday evening, Booster 21 fired all 33 engines. SpaceX says: full duration. But the burn was 10 seconds shorter than on the last two flights, and SpaceX doesn't say why. I have a theory, and it tells us a lot about what one launch really costs a pad. Ship 40 is sailing the wrong way around the planet, on purpose. Louisiana has already started work on its 100 billion dollar Starbase. And Flight 14? Two weeks out. What did SpaceX just quietly change, and why? Starship Flight 14: Is This The Most Important Launch Yet? Will It Go To...

SpaceX conducted a full-duration static fire test of Starship's 33-engine Super Heavy booster at Starbase, Texas on Aug. 28, 2026, as part of preparations for Flight 14. SpaceX fires up Starship's 33-Engine Super Heavy booster ahead of flight 14 | 1:03 VideoFromSpace | 2.14M subscribers | 58,856 views | August 29, 2026

SpaceX is pushing toward Starship Flight 14 with Ship 41 and Booster 21 completing major testing, including a spectacular 33-engine Super Heavy static fire. Meanwhile, SpaceX's Starship Plans Just Got Much Bigger, the colossal new Starbase Louisiana plans for at least ten Starship launch pads and thousands of future launches. Ship 40 has also finally been loaded aboard the massive FORTE recovery vessel for its long journey back to Texas after Flight 13. We also look at the final Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida, the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch on Falcon Heavy, Ariane 6, the latest...

IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY)– The Port of Iberia is already seeing interest from companies looking to position themselves near SpaceX’s newly announced project in Vermilion Parish, and port leaders believe that could translate into new investment and jobs across Acadiana. Port of Iberia Executive Director Craig Romero said companies from across the country have been contacting the port for roughly a year, even before the SpaceX project was officially announced. “We’ve had a number of companies from all parts of the United States call, big companies that are calling, inquiring during the last 12 months,” Romero said. “They just want...

Incredible to watch! This complete timelapse captures more than eight hours of complex manoeuvring as Starship 40 is recovered at Christmas Island. Watch the heavy-lift ship FORTE ballast down into the water and rise again, while the Normand Ranger, barges and smaller support boats work together to carefully bring the rocket safely aboard for its journey back to the United States. A quick note to my regular subscribers: Don’t worry—this isn’t becoming a space channel! Wildlife photography & photography tutorials will remain my focus here. But when a recovered Starship appears practically in my backyard, it’s far too extraordinary not...

In this video, we dive into the complex maritime operation of loading SpaceX's Starship 40 onto the heavy-lift vessel MV Forte for its journey home. Following its successful splashdown and subsequent recovery, the process of securing such a massive piece of hardware at sea presents unique engineering and logistical challenges. We look at the equipment used, the role of the recovery fleet, and what this means for the future of rapid rocket reuse. SpaceX Starship 40: The Process of Loading a Rocket at Sea | 12:40 What's Going on With Shipping? | 714K subscribers | 77,031 views | August 26,...

In this episode of What the Ship, we break down the top five maritime stories as of late August 2026. From high-stakes salvage operations in the Pacific to escalating economic warfare in the Black Sea, global shipping is facing unprecedented challenges. We look at how these regional disruptions are redrawing trade maps, spiking freight rates, and ultimately impacting global inflation. What the Ship (Ep 146) | Starship 40 & SLNC York Hormuz, Black Sea & Chokepoint Chaos | Containers 30:26 | What's Going on With Shipping? 713K subscribers | 34,153 views | August 24, 2026

This week at Starbase as construction pushes ahead on Booster 23 and Ship 43, Ship 41 undergoes static fire testing and we catch our first glimpse of hardware that SpaceX will be using to transport Starships to Florida. Starship's 14th Flight Moved Back To Next Month | 8:00 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 1,896 views | August 23, 2026

Well, Starship's Next Flight Just Changed! Big time actually. The first Starship tower catch now pushed back months so we will have an ocean splashdown for the upper stage again with Flight 14. Never the less, Ship 41 just completed its static fire testing ahead of what should still be Starship's first fully orbital flight. Meanwhile, Ship 40 has reached Christmas Island after Flight 13, and a massive semi-submersible vessel is on the way to transport it all the way back to Starbase, Texas. Along with that China's reusable ZhuQue-3 successfully lands, NASA astronauts conduct more ISS spacewalks, Rocket Lab...

After approx. 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island. A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase.

SpaceX's Starship Expansion Is Getting Ridiculous, with four more Starship launch pads now being built or upgraded across Starbase and Florida. SpaceX Is Building a Starship Empire it seems, all while they prepare for Starship Flight 14 and the first-ever Ship catch attempt. They've even revealed Project Ignition answering where the Florida "Massey's" equivalent will be set up. In the meantime they are still doing the recovery attempt for Starship Ship 40 after Flight 13, and we even have major Starlink V3 deployment plans. Elsewhere this week, Rocket Lab unveils its portable GHOST launch system, China suffers a dramatic Long...

Everyone expected Starship Flight 14 to attempt the first ship catch in history. Then a government filing showed up, and buried inside it is one sentence that changes the entire mission. Bigger than anything SpaceX has announced out loud. And it comes with a solid date. Meanwhile, a strange piece of hardware just rolled through the Port of Brownsville toward Starbase. Almost nobody noticed it. It might be telling us the truth about SpaceX's new Starship launch pad. SpaceX's New Plan For The First Ever Ship Catch | 21:51 What about it!? | 662K subscribers | 25,662 views | August...

SpaceX is closing in on 130,000 acres of Louisiana coastline. A second mega Starbase, so large that today's Starbase would fit into it more than nine hundred times. And that's only half of the expansion story, because in a letter to the federal government on Friday, SpaceX asked to open up the ocean itself. Yes. The Starship oil rigs are back. Meanwhile, at the pad that just launched Flight 13, our flyover caught something nobody expected: scaffolding deep inside the flame trench. We dug into what's happening down there, and the answer comes with a clock attached, because the paperwork...

On Tuesday morning, we published an episode arguing that Starship's heat shield doesn't need to be perfect. It needs to be serviceable. On Tuesday afternoon, on SpaceX's very first earnings call as a public company, Elon Musk went further than we ever dared. Quote: "I'd consider the heat shield problem solved at this point." And that was just one hour of this call. A ship catch attempt at the end of this month. Operational Starlink V3 satellites on Flight 14. One Starship launch per day within a year. Boots on the Moon in 2028. All of it on the record,...

Reuse. It's the entire reason Starship exists. And right now, SpaceX is towing a flown Starship across an ocean just to get its hands on it again. Meanwhile, the internet declares that the heat shield that brought it home can never work as intended. Today, we run the actual numbers on that claim. The result surprised even me. And then there's Flight 14. The signs point to something we have never seen before. A Starship that doesn't come home after an hour. One that might stay in orbit for days, for the first time ever. And then it comes back...

Two months ago, version 3 Starship left us with more questions than answers. A booster that couldn't stick its return. A ship down an engine. And a whole community asking the same thing: is this new design actually the one? On Thursday, SpaceX flew it again. Here's what happened! Massive Reveal From SpaceX's Starship Flight 13! | 25:52 What about it!? | 657K subscribers | 57,710 views | July 26, 2026

SpaceX to launch 13th Starship flight test What we know: SpaceX's latest test flight is currently scheduled for Thursday with the 90-minute launch window opening at 5:45 p.m. The latest test flight will test the company's Super Heavy booster with the objective of a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn. SpaceX said the booster's hardware has been modified to improve relight reliability. For Starship, the company hopes to launch 20 Starlink satellites and have a successful relight of an engine while in space with a controlled entry, descent and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The company...

The thirteenth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as early as Monday, July 20. The 90-minute launch window will open at 5:45 p.m. CT.A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to check in here and stay tuned to our X account for updates.The upcoming flight will aim to complete similar objectives targeted on the previous flight test, which debuted the Starship and Super...

[9 hours and change to go!] LIVE Countdown To Launch Coverage of SpaceX's 13th Starship Flight Test; the second flight of Starship v3 and from Pad B. SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Countdown To Launch | Live feed The Launch Pad | 360 watching now July 16, 2026 | Started streaming 21 hours ago

From the web: SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 16, 2026, for the 13th test flight of its Starship megarocket. The 90-minute launch window opens at 6:45 p.m. EDT (5:45 p.m. CT / 22:45 GMT) at the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Launch Details & Objectives: Mission: Starship Flight 13Vehicle: Version 3 (V3) Starship Key Milestone: The test flight aims to test fixes to anomalies from the previous flight and will attempt to deploy the first batch of upgraded Starlink Version 3 satellites. Viewing: SpaceX will host a live webcast of the flight test beginning about 30 minutes before...