OCCUPY MARS
STARSHIP
Stainless, methane, chopsticks. Fully reusable is the only path to an order-of-magnitude drop in cost. V3 flies from Pad 2.
Stack
124 m
Booster
33 Raptor
Ship
6 Raptor
LEO
100–150 t
TIMELINE
Progress
2023
Integrated flight begins
The vehicle leaves the pad as a stack. The problem set changes from tanks and engines to staging, heat, and the ocean.
2024
Booster catch
Chopsticks close on a returning Super Heavy. Landing legs are a concession. The tower is the landing gear.
2025
Iterate in public
Version changes in steel, not in press releases. Heat-shield tiles, engine-out margins, and the gulf as a test range.
2026
Starship V3 / Flight 14
Third flight of the V3 vehicle from Orbital Launch Pad 2. The cadence is the product. Mars is still the requirement.
Making life multiplanetary.
First principles
Physics first
Start with mass, energy, and the rocket equation. Heritage is a suggestion, not a constraint.
The best part is no part
Delete before you optimize. A deleted part cannot fail, cannot delay, cannot cost.
Fly it
Hardware in the gulf teaches faster than slides. The test is the design review.
Make it useful
Starlink pays for the factory. The factory pays for Mars. A rocket without a payload is a statue.
Signal
NASASpaceflight · 9 days ago · Starship
Starbase Infrastructure Advances Toward Flight 14
SpaceX is still building out assembly, test, and launch infrastructure at Starbase while Flight 14… The post Starbase Infrastructure Advances Toward Flight 14 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Spaceflight Now · 9 days ago · Starship
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 80th Starlink mission of 2026
SpaceX decided to shift all Starlink missions flying on Falcon 9 rockets to the West Coast as it pushes towards the debut of its Starship-Super Heavy in Florida. Liftoff of the Starlink 15-24 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 3:59 a.m. PDT (6:59 a.m. EDT / 1059 UTC).
NASASpaceflight · 14 days ago · Starship
Launch Site and Facility Progress ahead of East Coast Starship debut
As SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 14 in the coming weeks, work in Florida… The post Launch Site and Facility Progress ahead of East Coast Starship debut appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Arstechnica · Aug 28, 2026 · Starship
Rocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut
"From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship."