SpaceX’s 20th Falcon 9 launch of 2021 slips to Monday
SpaceX has announced an unspecified delay for its second dedicated "Transporter" rideshare mission and 20th Falcon 9 launch of the…
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SpaceX Starship booster’s ‘hot gas’ thrusters make first public appearance
'Hot gas' thrusters meant to boost the efficiency of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters have been spotted in…
18 hours ago
SpaceX rocket ready for second rideshare launch with 100+ small satellites
For the second time in six months, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch around 100+ small satellites…
2 days ago
SpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts
SpaceX has unexpectedly filed regulatory documents requesting permission to perform at least half a dozen polar Starlink satellite launches from…
3 days ago
SpaceX installs first parts of tower meant to catch Starship boosters
SpaceX's Starship 'launch tower' appears to have been outfitted with the first major component of a mechanism that's meant to…
3 days ago
SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You arrives at Panama Canal
Ten days and one unexpected detour after SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral,…
4 days ago
SpaceX Starship might skip early retirement for “hypersonic flight test”
In response to a Teslarati report on Starship SN16's apparent transport to what amounts to a resting place for retired…
7 days ago
SpaceX rocket sticks landing in style after military reuse milestone
SpaceX's latest launch webcast offered exceptionally clear views of the company's 88th successful Falcon booster landing minutes after the rocket…
1 week ago
[Update: not so fast…] SpaceX retires brand new Starship to focus on orbital launch buildup
SpaceX has moved its newest finished Starship straight from its Boca Chica, Texas factory to a nearby 'rocket garden,' all…
1 week ago
SpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica
At the same time as SpaceX is assembling hardware and manufacturing dozens of Raptor engines for Starship's inaugural orbital test…
1 week ago
SpaceX teases progress towards Starship’s orbital launch debut
A recorded address from SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell to a graduating class of college seniors unexpectedly teased progress…
1 week ago
SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 for first flight-proven ‘national security’ launch
On June 12th, SpaceX successfully fired up a once-flown Falcon 9 booster in the lead-up to the company's fourth launch…
1 week ago
SpaceX drone ship to ride transport vessel through the Panama Canal
After a quick jaunt from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)…
1 week ago
SpaceX Starship launch tower grows to more than half its full height
SpaceX has installed another prefabricated segment of a new Starship 'launch tower,' raising the skyscraper-sized framework to more than half…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship will take over Starlink launches
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reiterated plans for Starship to take over Starlink launches, eventually fully replacing Falcon 9's role…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX VP says Starlink is almost ready to revolutionize in-flight internet
Speaking on a panel at an aviation conference, a senior SpaceX sales executive says that the company is in talks…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California
SpaceX's longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX rolls Starship launch tower section, giant water tank to orbital pad
After a brief pause, SpaceX is once again shipping pad hardware from its Boca Chica, Texas rocket factory to Starship's…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX on track to launch 20 Falcon 9 rockets in the first half of 2021
The second half of SpaceX's June 2021 flight schedule has begun to firm up, raising the odds of another four-launch…
2 weeks ago
SpaceX inaugurates two new Starship engine test stands with a static fire
Barely four months after breaking ground, SpaceX has completed a dual-bay Starship engine test stand and inaugurated the new facility…
2 weeks ago