SpaceX stock is on track for its fourth weekly skid as shares tumble 50% from highs. Elon Musk maintains Mars goal. Analysts weigh good, bad from Starship test.

SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, on a critical 13th test flight on July 24, a stunning test flight that notched big success and ended with a huge surprise.

SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight. SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 successfully launched from Texas, tested 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, and achieved a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, marking another milestone in the company's reusable rocket programme.

Follow SpaceX's third attempt to launch Flight 13 from South Texas after last week's engine abort and a weather scrub Thursday.

Beyond the Moon, Starship remains central to Musk's long-term vision of sending humans to Mars and establishing a permanent settlement on the Red Planet.

Following an aborted launch attempt last week in which several engines failed to ignite at liftoff, SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is back on the launchpad in Starbase, Texas. A 90-minute launch window opens at 6:45 p.

SpaceX marked another important milestone in the development of its next-generation launch system on Saturday as Starship completed its thirteenth integrated test flight, successfully reaching key mission objectives despite falling short of a flawless booster recovery.