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Eric Ralph

Eric Ralph is Teslarati's senior spaceflight reporter and has been covering the industry in some capacity for almost half a decade, largely spurred in 2016 by a trip to Mexico to watch Elon Musk reveal SpaceX's plans for Mars in person. Aside from spreading interest and excitement about spaceflight far and wide, his primary goal is to cover humanity's ongoing efforts to expand beyond Earth to the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere.

News6 years ago

SpaceX Starship’s Raptor engine test facilities are about to get a big upgrade, says Elon Musk

According to CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy rockets are about to get a new test stand that will enable additional and more useful...
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SpaceX to catch two Falcon 9 fairings at once with twin nets

Over the last three or so weeks, SpaceX rocket recovery technicians and engineers have rapidly modified a second Falcon fairing recovery vessel – known as GO...
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Elon Musk says SpaceX is still building a third drone ship – but is it for Falcon or Starship?

Unprovoked on October 9th, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted “A Shortfall of Gravitas” – the name of a third drone ship settled on a year and...
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SpaceX’s astronaut launch debut Crew Dragon capsule shown off in first public photos

As part of a last-second media event at SpaceX’s Hawthorne, CA rocket factory and headquarters, members of the media were allowed to take the first public...
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SpaceX to shift Falcon 9’s next West Coast launch to Florida, the first of its kind in decades

According to NASASpaceflight spaceflight reporter Michael Baylor and an Argentinian government website, SpaceX appears to have decided to move its next West Coast launch from California...
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NASA administrator set to tour SpaceX’s rocket, spaceship factory with Elon Musk

In quick succession, an October 3rd conversation between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine culminated in the announcement of a (likely) last-second October...
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 likely ready for astronaut launch debut in 10 weeks, says Musk

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket meant to support the company’s first-ever astronaut launch should be ready for...
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SpaceX wins NASA funds to build and test Starship’s orbital refueling technology

On September 27th, NASA announced a new round of Tipping Point funding worth a total of $43.2M that will be dispersed among 14 separate companies, all...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lays out Starship’s path to orbit with sights set on 2020 debut

Speaking on September 28th, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sketched out a fairly detailed picture of Starship’s path to orbit, from the first flight of the first...
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SpaceX to replace Falcon 9’s titanium grid fins with steel on Starship’s Super Heavy booster

Following a question on Twitter about how SpaceX intends to manufacture the truly massive grid fins shown in renders of Starship’s Super Heavy booster, CEO Elon...
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NASA head calls out SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over Starship event in bizarre statement

Roughly 24 hours before SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was scheduled to present an update on the company’s Starship launch vehicle development, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted...
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket wins commercial Moon lander launch contract

Intuitive Machines has selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 workhorse to launch the company’s commercial Nova-C Moon lander as early as July 2021. Funded in May 2019 as...
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SpaceX publishes dedicated Starship webpage after Elon Musk’s presentation

Shortly after CEO Elon Musk’s 2019 presentation, SpaceX has published a new webpage dedicated to the next-generation Starship launch vehicle and its Super Heavy booster, detailing...
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SpaceX is building Starship’s East Coast launch site at a breakneck pace

After breaking ground on September 21st, SpaceX and construction contractors are working at a breakneck pace to complete the modifications necessary for the existing Launch Complex...
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SpaceX aims to ship two new Crew Dragon spacecraft to Florida in the next two months

Speaking in an interview with CNN shortly after presenting an update on Starship, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company’s next two completed Crew Dragon...
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SpaceX envisions Starship-enabled cities on the Moon and Mars in new renders

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed updated renders of conceptual Moon and Mars bases that may ultimately be made possible by the company’s next-generation Starship and...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off Starship’s 3 Raptor engines in best photos yet

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to publish yet more photos of the company’s Starship Mk1 rocket prototype, this time posting what are –...
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SpaceX’s Starship to grow in height as workers prepare to stack its top section

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has teased new details and posted several new photos of Starship Mk1, taken on September 25th as employees worked to lift the...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains how Starships will return from orbit

In the near future, SpaceX wants to begin putting its first two full-scale Starship prototypes through a series of increasingly challenging test flights, eventually culminating in...
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SpaceX is installing Tesla battery packs on its Starship MK1 rocket prototype

First noticed by NASASpaceflight.com forum member “exilon”, SpaceX appears to have selected off-the-shelf Tesla battery packs as the power storage method of choice for its Starship...

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