SpaceX's Gigafactory

Mini-Starship or Bust? Experts Clash Over SpaceX’s Future

March 19, 2025 – SpaceX’s Starship program, critical to NASA’s lunar goals and Elon Musk’s Martian dreams, is at a crossroads, with experts offering starkly contrasting visions. While one leading engineer champions a smaller “Mini-Starship” to expedite human landings on the Moon and Mars, critics slam Starship for its repeated failures as evidence of a doomed design. 

Starship Florida Rendering

SpaceX Announces Major Expansion In Florida

SpaceX released this rendering of its Starship facility at Kennedy Space Center on March 3, 2025

SpaceX announced today that it is expanding its Starship operations in Florida and will be bringing Starship production and launch capabilities to the Space Coast.

“Really big things are coming to Florida!!!!” said SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell on the X platform today. She’s not kidding.

SpaceX Scrubs Starship IFT-8

SpaceX Scrubs Starship IFT-8 Launch Attempt Amid Technical Challenges

Boca Chica, Texas – March 3, 2025 – SpaceX’s highly anticipated eighth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-8) of its Starship rocket was scrubbed on Monday afternoon, just seconds before its scheduled liftoff from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas.

Hot Ring segment

FAA Clears Starship IFT-8: SpaceX Fine-Tunes Hot-Ring and More

Boca Chica, Texas – March 1, 2025 – SpaceX is gearing up for the eighth integrated flight test (IFT-8) of its ambitious Starship program, tentatively scheduled for Monday, March 3, 2025, from its Starbase facility in South Texas.