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![SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk and the SpaceX team are recognized by Vice President Mike Pence at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following the launch of the company’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xd5uhWbGheoppFdyqj5xCm-320-80.jpg)
Elon Musk apparently threatened by Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin
By Mike Wall published
Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin has apparently threatened Elon Musk, but the SpaceX founder and CEO doesn't seem too bothered.
![A close-up of three SpaceX Raptor engines clustered together for the company's Starship SN8 prototype.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jLcvpcfUFahVFhadH2gnra-320-80.jpeg)
Starship engine 'crisis' poses possible bankruptcy risk for SpaceX, Elon Musk says: report
By Mike Wall published
Elon Musk thinks that problems with SpaceX's Raptor engine production pose potentially dire consequences for the company, according to media reports.
![SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 for the first time on Aug. 6, 2021 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. They stood 395 feet tall, taller than NASA's Saturn V moon rocket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AgpHydJE64c8VyUub4NjrZ-320-80.jpeg)
SpaceX's Starship could be ready for 1st orbital test flight 'in a few weeks,' Elon Musk says
By Mike Wall published
But don't expect it to actually launch so soon.
![SpaceX's Starship prototype in black-and-white.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nj3z7ieVrCcgyQkq6myNZ-320-80.jpg)
The story behind black-and-white photo of SpaceX's Starship
By Elizabeth Howell published
Here's the historical significance of the black-and-white photo that Elon Musk tweeted showing SpaceX's next Starship prototype.
![The three Merlin engines on SpaceX's SN11 prototype firing during the craft's test flight on March 30, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h5LAkX6pojUnMQx2SWFXW-320-80.jpeg)
SpaceX identifies cause of Starship SN11 prototype's crash
By Mike Wall published
The stainless-steel SN11 didn't stick its landing last week because of a plumbing problem, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
![SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype conducted a 6.2-mile-high (10 kilometers) test flight from the company's South Texas site on Feb. 3, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c4d7beQF2UZGA32pvBLoCB-320-80.jpg)
FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash
By Mike Wall published
The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.
![SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype launches on its first high-altitude test flight from Boca Chica, Texas on Dec. 9, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B4zZD3UDmKQgmGakJMUfCH-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX's Starship spaceflight system just took a big step on its path to Mars.
![The Starship MK1 assembled at SpaceX's build and launch facility in Texas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VtCXZg9maz5JntQHuskFVU-320-80.jpg)
Watch SpaceX test a giant 'Starship' over Texas today [UPDATED]
By Rafi Letzter published
SpaceX plans to test its enormous Starship prototype over Boca Chica, Texas at some point Tuesday (Dec. 8).
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