SpaceX updates their progress after being silent for years. This, after NASA has opened up contracts for its Lunar mission. SpaceX is trying to get back in the running after falling behind in its projected progress.
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Since Starship Flight 1 in April 2023, SpaceX has rapidly advanced vehicle development through an active flight test campaign. In line with past vehicle development, SpaceX maximizes real-world testing throughout this process to quickly and safely demonstrate capabilities, identify areas for improvement, and prove out solutions. This campaign has quickly matured the core Starship and has produced numerous feats, including multiple successful ascents of the world’s most powerful rocket; the launch, return, catch, and reuse of that rocket to unlock the high launch rate cadence needed for lunar missions; the transfer of approximately five metric tons of cryogenic propellant between tanks while in space, a first of its kind operation that provides key data for future full-scale propellant transfer operations; successful in-space relights of the Raptor engines that are critical for the maneuvers that will send Starship to the Moon; and multiple controlled reentries through Earth’s atmosphere.
https://www.spacex.com/updates--
However, there is little likelihood of SpaceX getting anything past a design review let alone being man-rated and certified before 2030 and beyond.
See here for a detailed analysis of the important items the Update omits, at 3.10 mark:
SpaceX unleashes Lunar Starship blitz after saying little about the Moon for four years! Jordan Wright, Nov 1 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0ZI2ZR0Xo
