Following more than 3 years of flight tests from Texas, SpaceX's gargantuan Starship rocket reached orbit for the first time. Here's why that matters.

SpaceX achieves a long-promised orbit—with the moon and Mars the long-term goal.

The Super Heavy-Starship rocket's 14th test flight, the first boosting the upper stage to orbit, marked a major milestone for both SpaceX and NASA.

The upper section of SpaceX's Starship rocket has made it home to Texas after its recovery on the other side of the world ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a historic test flight of its massive Starship rocket early Monday.

After a rocky ride to space on its 14th launch, SpaceX’s Starship rocket went where no other Starship has gone in almost 3.5 years of test launches: Earth orbit. For a few anxious minutes, it looked ...

If successful, the 14th test flight will be a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars.

SpaceX's Supersized Starship Launches Into Orbit for the First Time but Flight Ends Early SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most ...

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket lifts off from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, to begin the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX With thirteen suborbital test flights behind them, SpaceX engineers ...

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stacked at Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, ahead of the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX via video SpaceX assembled a Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch ...

The most powerful rocket ever made is set to make a massive leap forward in its 14th test flight. Follow for live updates.

Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it aims to reach orbit.