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 ...

SpaceX has released a few scant details about its secretive Starfall delivery pod project. By launching payloads into orbit, they could reach the other side of the Earth in just 45 minutes. SpaceX ...

SpaceX developed Starfall in secrecy and still has revealed little about the new vehicle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SpaceX ...

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 is preparing the first flight of Starfall, a reentry vehicle the company could use to manufacture pharmaceuticals and other products in space. The Starfall Demo mission is scheduled for launch ...

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 ...

This is the first of at least two Starfall demos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Starfall is explicitly designed for mass production (like Starlink satellites), so unit costs drop sharply with volume. It is tiny compared to a Starship upper stage (~2.1 t dry mass vs. ~85–100 t), ...