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Ship 42 has fired its engines for the last time on the ground, and Elon Musk just made a promise about it that no Starship has ever kept. The FAA moved Flight 15. SpaceX hasn't said a date. We did, last episode, and the new one doesn't match ours. Musk also posted a launch number for Louisiana that makes the FAA's biggest Starbase plan look small. NASA stacked the Artemis III core stage and said who flies first. And ULA’s Vulcan rocket has a date you'll want to hear. So, when does Flight 15 fly? SpaceX's Starship 42 Fired Its...

With Ship 42 and Booster 22 in the final process flow ahead of launch, the ships and boosters for flights 15 and 16 are moving ahead for a needed ramp up in launch rates. Construction is also winding down on the Giga Bay, and work is just getting started on an expansion at the Massey Outpost.Flight 15 Vehicles Tested Ahead of November Launch! | 9:03 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 11,929 views | November 1, 2026

🎃 SpaceX ramps up preparations for Starship Flight 15 with roaring Raptor 3 engines and loads of other Starship tests. In fact, SpaceX Has Never Moved This Fast With Starship. Meanwhile NASA's Artemis III mission takes shape as SLS stacking progresses, Orion prepares for docking demonstrations, and Blue Origin advances New Glenn and Blue Moon development. We unpack the surprising four-launch lunar lander plan for them, and the challenges of returning astronauts to the Moon with Artemis IV. Falcon 9 launches more Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, the International Space Station faces a permanent change over its Zvezda air leak, and...

Booster 22 fired up on Pad 2, and SpaceX wants to catch both halves of Starship on Flight 15. But to reach the tower, the ship has to fly home over land, something no Starship has ever done. Also: where Flight 16 really launches from, Ship 43 at Massey's, Starbase's 456-launch plan and the Louisiana spaceport, NASA's Artemis Acceleration briefing, and Blue Origin's New Glenn date. Booster 22 Just Fired! SpaceX Goes for a Double Catch | 23:36 What about it!? | 674K subscribers | 138,119 views | October 27, 2026

Why Did Apollo Need 1 Launch, But Starship Needs 8? | 14:29 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 49,788 views | October 26, 2026

This video, hosted by Marcus House, covers a packed week of space news with a primary focus on SpaceX's Starship program and other aerospace developments. Starship and SpaceX Updates: Flight 14 Recap: The video highlights Flight 14, noting the successful deployment of Starlink satellites and the excellent performance of the new curved heat shield tiles (1:49 - 3:42). Flight 15 Double Catch: SpaceX is preparing for a daring double-catch attempt—retrieving both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage during the next flight, targeted for November (3:44 - 4:49). NASA Artemis Milestones: Updated plans for the Artemis human lunar...

NASA Confirms SpaceX's Starship Refueling Estimate! | 17:21 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 1,683 views | October 23, 2026

The first Starship built for astronauts may already be standing inside the Starfactory. We think we found it. And today we take you through it, deck by deck, from the docking port in the nose down to the airlock that opens onto the Moon. NASA released a new Moon Base update, with the plan for a permanent base at the lunar south pole, and Starship just picked up one more cargo contract for the Moon. At Starbase, the service platform is off Pad 2, the chopsticks are rehearsing for Flight 15, and SpaceX showed us, for the first time, what...

Blue Origin Works Towards Bringing New Glenn Back Online This Year - Weekly Spaceflight News | 9:23 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 1,148 views | October 22, 2026

This video explores the revolutionary impact and eventual retirement of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, widely considered the most successful and reliable launch vehicle ever built (0:00 - 0:48). Key highlights include: Reusable Design: The Falcon 9 transformed space economics through its ability to perform vertical retro-rocket landings (1:53), utilizing nine Merlin engines arranged in an Octaweb configuration (3:27) for stability and ease of assembly (3:36). Advanced Control Systems: To enable recovery, SpaceX developed precise autonomous throttling (6:33), grid fins for atmospheric control (7:19), and specialized reignition systems using a chemical mixture called TEA-TEB to ensure engine reliability (5:03). Economic Shift:...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a "Starfall" return capsule and 31 other payloads on the company's Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission. The rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 20, 2026 at 7:04 a.m. EDT (1104 GMT). [19th complete flight for this booster] Blastoff! SpaceX launches 'Starfall' return capsule and 31 more payloads, nails landing | 9:20 VideoFromSpace | 2.17M subscribers | 42,825 views | October 20, 2026 Full Story: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-starfall-return-capsule-launch-bandwagon-5-rideshare-mission

SpaceX's Ship 40 is home. 78 days after it left the pad, the first Starship ever recovered from the ocean rolled through the gates of Starbase and is standing upright again, next to three brand-new ships in Mega Bay 2. SpaceX is already going through it, and I'll show you what they're looking for. NASA just published its Starship roadmap for the Moon, and the next ten weeks on that chart are packed with things SpaceX has never done. The FAA opened the paperwork for 456 Starship launches a year from Boca Chica. Texas was quietly discussing selling an entire...

In this week's Avid Space Starship update, Starship 40 arrived at the Build Site for its first major post-flight inspection, Booster 23 goes through testing while construction continues on Booster 24 and Ship 44, and SpaceX has filed to launch almost 20 times as many Starships each year from Starbase. Let's dig in and take a closer look at what's happened this week. SpaceX is Gearing up To Catch Starship | 11:13 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 14,784 views | October 18, 2026

Will SpaceX REALLY Go All In on Starship's Next Flight? SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 could attempt a double catch, bringing both Super Heavy and the Starship upper stage back to Starbase! We cover Ship 42 and Booster 22 preparations, Ship 40's recovery and inspection, and SpaceX's proposal for up to 456 Starship launches a year from Texas. Plus, Flight 16 preparations at Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A, Florida launch pad construction at LC-37, Gigabay progress, Flight 14 data, Tesla's rocket-powered Roadster, Falcon 9 launches, Cargo Dragon's CRS-35 mission to the International Space Station, and NASA's Perseverance rover breaking a Mars driving...

Thanks to ‪@TeslaOwnersSV‬ for having me as part of the X Takeover for the third year in a row! Elon Musk Shares New Starship Info at X Takeover | 10:30 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 126,059 views | October 14, 2026

The new century will see a renaissance of space exploration as exciting and as challenging as the space race of the 1960’s. And this rebirth will happen under the banner of freedom and private property, the very principles for which the United States fought the Cold War. [predicted in my 1998 book - Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, p. 263]. More than any other moment since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the future of the human race’s effort to explore and settle the solar system is right now shining bright and hopeful, with everything converging enthusiastically in a...

A fully and rapidly reusable rocket will fundamentally change how humanity accesses outer space. "The Holy Grail of Rocketry" continues the ongoing Starship series with a look back at the scrappy days of SpaceX engineers proving reuse was possible and takes you onboard a high-seas race to recover a floating Starship. Starship -- The Holy Grail of Rocketry | 28:29 SpaceX | 7M subscribers | 2,498,739 views | September 18, 2026

Why Is SpaceX Concerned About the Next Starship? | 25:53 Marcus House | 589K subscribers | 27,118 views | October 10, 2026

SpaceX's Ship 40 is almost home. After 24 days in the Indian Ocean, a trip around the Cape of Good Hope, and six weeks on the deck of a semi-submersible, the first Starship ever pulled out of the sea is about to show up at the Port of Brownsville. SpaceX just released the hot staging footage from Flight 14, and it shows a part of the booster we have never seen in action like this, plus something critical falling off the ship. Pad 2 is already getting ready for Flight 15. And then there's Starmind. Satellites with more solar power...

Ship 43 (Flight 16) continues preparations inside Starbase’s Mega Bay 2 ahead of a potential trip to Florida. Plans are subject to change: SpaceX has confirmed it will launch Flight 15 from Starbase before potentially conducting the following mission from Pad 39A at KSC, Florida. Possible Florida Starship? - Starbase Summary | 10:03 NASASpaceflight | 1.52M subscribers | 117,242 views | October 4, 2026