Rockets are hard.” Elon Musk’s quipping sum, shared following the latest Starship test, has become a sort of mantra for observers following the tale of SpaceX’s high-flying launch system. And yet ...

While SpaceX has hoped to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of the year, test flights from Texas ...

Watch the amazing view from space during stage separation and second stage engine ignition of SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Credit: SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

which covers the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. This opens the possibility of Starship flying future NASA science missions — that is once Starship reaches a successful orbital flight. "NASA has ...