SpaceX’s upgraded Starship factory begins to take shape in South Texas
After a few months of foundation work, SpaceX has begun assembling the first section of a vast new Starship manufacturing…
9 months ago
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SpaceX begins stress-testing upgraded Super Heavy booster
In a what is likely a prelude to engine installation, SpaceX has begun stress-testing an upgraded Super Heavy booster prototype.…
10 months ago
SpaceX’s upgraded Super Heavy booster sails through first major test
SpaceX's first upgraded 33-engine Super Heavy booster appears to have passed a crucial test with surprising ease, boding well for…
10 months ago
SpaceX’s Starbase environmental review suffers third delay
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the completion of a crucial 'environmental assessment' SpaceX needs to begin orbital-class…
10 months ago
SpaceX frees up orbital launch site for upgraded Super Heavy booster
After 'destacking' Starship S20, SpaceX has officially removed Super Heavy Booster B4 from Starbase's lone orbital launch mount - and…
10 months ago
SpaceX Starbase facilities already taking advantage of new “Port Connector Road”
SpaceX's Starbase facilities appear to have immediately begun to take advantage of a brand new "South Port Connector Road" built…
11 months ago
SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory prepares for major upgrades
In what is probably a sign of things to come for SpaceX's nascent Florida Starship factory, the company's original Starbase…
11 months ago
SpaceX’s Starbase environmental review delayed another month
The FAA says that it will take at least another month to complete a crucial environmental review of orbital Starship…
11 months ago
SpaceX to send retired Starship to local Texas airport, says Elon Musk
In a brief Twitter exchange, the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) appears to have talked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk…
11 months ago
SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory has a new tallest building
Less than four months after construction began, the newest addition to SpaceX's South Texas Starship factory is now the facility's…
11 months ago
SpaceX has finally begun filling Starship’s orbital launch site fuel tanks
Almost five months after SpaceX began the process of filling and testing the first custom-built propellant storage system for Starship,…
12 months ago
SpaceX assembles world’s largest rocket with giant robot arms
For the second time ever, SpaceX has fully stacked a two-stage Starship rocket, once again creating the largest launch vehicle…
12 months ago
SpaceX rocket catch simulation raises more questions about concept
CEO Elon Musk has published the first official visualization of what SpaceX's plans to catch Super Heavy boosters might look…
1 year ago
SpaceX fully installs Super Heavy booster’s ‘aerocovers’
For the first time, SpaceX has more or less installed a full set of 'aerocovers' on a Super Heavy booster…
1 year ago
SpaceX stress-tests Starship-catching arms with giant water balloons
SpaceX has begun testing Starbase's rocket-catching arms with ballast to simulate the weight of Starship and Super Heavy. SpaceX started…
1 year ago
SpaceX simulates lifting Starship with launch tower ‘arms’
SpaceX has taken Starbase's rocket-catching launch tower 'arms' to new heights during the latest series of proof tests. That process…
1 year ago
SpaceX Starship ‘launch tower’ spreads its rocket-catching arms
Update: Shortly after publishing, SpaceX began a much more ambitious series of tests with the Starship launch tower's two main…
1 year ago
SpaceX Starship prototype completes fourth static fire
In its true last act of the year, SpaceX successfully fired up its first orbital-class Starship for the fourth time…
1 year ago
SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch runs into more FAA delays
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it's at least two months behind schedule on an environmental review that must…
1 year ago
NASA Artemis delegation tours SpaceX’s Starship factory and launch pad
Thanks to the failure of Blue Origin's NASA Human Landing System (HLS) lawsuit, SpaceX and the space agency were finally…
1 year ago