SpaceX chief Elon Musk has strongly suggested that the ninth test flight of the massive Starship rocket will take place next week. “Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on X,” Musk said in a social media post on Wednesday.

Fresh off a win after the May 3 election determined Starbase would become an official city in South Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX has even more plans to build out the company town.

ULA officials asked the agencies to consider the proposal in combination with SpaceX's future Starship-Super Heavy launches. SpaceX plans to build a 380-foot Gigabay processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center by the end of 2026, with Starship ...