The company's Starfall capsule took to the skies on its debut mission today (June 23), following SpaceX's application with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for two reentry vehicle ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Tuesday to test a new reentry vehicle designed to deliver cargo anywhere in the world from low-Earth orbit. The company developed the new saucer-shaped reentry ...

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SpaceX has a new spacecraft, and it might already be in orbit. The company ...

SpaceX is preparing to test Starfall, its new orbital cargo capsule that could one day be used for automated orbital labs or as depots to store military equipment in space, ready for immediate ...

A Falcon 9 lifts off June 23 from Cape Canaveral on the Starfall Demo mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the ...

SpaceX launched Starfall on Tuesday morning, June 23, 2026, putting its secretive disk-shaped cargo return capsule into low Earth orbit for the first time. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space ...

SpaceX just launched a brand-new return capsule that it has been developing in the dark. That vehicle, called Starfall, lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket this morning (June 23), on a test mission ...