Musk had previously announced that Starship will carry a Tesla Optimus robot to Mars to test the feasibility of the mission when the next transit window opens in late 2026. "The first flights there we'll send with the Optimus robot so it can go out there and explore and prepare the way for humans."

The consecutive failures may have decreased the likelihood SpaceX can meet NASA’s goal of landing on the moon in 2027, experts said.

SpaceX's massive Starship launch vehicle is set for a launch late Tuesday from Boca Chica in South Texas. Here's how to watch live.

The 400-foot-tall Starship rocket is set to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at 7:30 p.m. EST for its ninth test flight, with the company aiming to correct the failures of

After the last two test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the spacecraft, Tuesday's Starship launch demonstrated that the vehicle could successfully reach orbit. However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control,