Latest / SpaceX Daily — Video Edition
Ep 70: Starship still lacks an orbital refueling demo after thirteen flights, keeping the revised…
SpaceX Daily Starship still lacks an orbital refueling demo after thirteen flights, keeping the revised 2028 Mars cargo window dependent on solving that single bottleneck first. Top News ScienceBlog.com SpaceX has shifted its first uncrewed Mars landing target from 2018 to no earlier than 2028 across successive updates. The decade-long pattern of schedule slips centers on unresolved Starship milestones. The company now ties the 2028 window explicitly to completing ship-to-ship refueling and other Starship capabilities. Reports trace the progression through public statements beginning in 2016…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.