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.

Tesla shares plunged 18% during the week to close at $313.03 on Friday, their worst weekly slump since 2022. And SpaceX's stock continued its downward slide, dropping 7.2% over five days to close at $115.07 Friday, its lowest since the company's record initial public offering last month.

SpaceX stock is sinking ahead of a Starship test flight that could make or break the company's plan to retire Falcon 9, and Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile are getting dragged down with it. Here is what investors need to watch before tonight's launch window opens.

The mighty Starship rocket could take its 12th test flight as early as March, according SpaceX chief Elon Musk. In a post on X on Monday, Musk shared a photo of the massive rocket in an earlier flight, along with the comment, “Starship launch in 6 weeks.”

In 2022, India beat long-time spacefarers Russia to become the 3rd nation to see a privately designed and built rocket successfully reach space. Now just 4 years later, and the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace has outdone itself.

The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue re-lighting the booster's rocket engines.

Just days after California reach its 50th rocket launch milestone for 2026, SpaceX is eyeing its next mission. Here's what to know if you're in Arizona.