SpaceX - Starship Starship is the spacecraft and upper stage of the overall Starship system and is being designed for full reusability The vehicle is planned to come in several different configurations and is designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond
SpaceX Starship - Wikipedia As of May 27, 2026, Starship has launched 12 times, with 7 successful flights and 5 failures The vehicle consists of two stages: the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft, both powered by Raptor engines burning liquid methane (the main component of natural gas) and liquid oxygen
SpaceX launches biggest Starship yet on a test flight | AP News SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet The rocket blasted off from the southern tip of Texas on Friday, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites on a test flight extending halfway around the world
Starship — Specs, Payload Live Launch Stats (2026) | Orbital Radar Starship is designed to be fully reusable — both stages returning to the launch site for rapid turnaround and re-flight If SpaceX achieves this goal at scale, it would reduce per-kilogram launch costs by an order of magnitude or more compared to current expendable and partially reusable vehicles, fundamentally changing the economics of space