SpaceX installs Raptor Vacuum engine on first orbital-class Starship
Update: Providing the best views yet of the Raptor Vacuum installation process, SpaceX began installing one of Starship S20's six…
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SpaceX’s rocket-catching ‘Mechazilla’ arms are almost ready to join Starship launch tower
Update: SpaceX has now lifted, flipped, and staged all three components of Starbase's Mechazilla rocket-catcher, including two giant arms measuring…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s first orbital-class Starship ‘tank farm’ is almost finished
Roughly six months after the process began, SpaceX has installed the seventh and final custom-built propellant storage tank at Starbase's…
3 years ago
SpaceX ships hardware for first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to Starbase
SpaceX appears to have delivered hardware that will eventually become part of the first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to its…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s first orbital-class Starship stretches ‘wings’ ahead of Raptor installation
SpaceX's first orbital-class Starship prototype was spotted stretching its 'wings' on Sunday after completing a successful cryogenic proof test late…
3 years ago
SpaceX Starbase construction takes priority as next orbital Starship, Super Heavy pair come together
As SpaceX teams slowly prepare the first orbital-class Starship and Super Heavy booster for the next-generation rocket's first full-stack launch,…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s orbital Starship prototype gets frosty during first successful ‘cryoproof’
For the first time, SpaceX has put the first orbital-class Starship - a prototype known as Ship 20 (S20) -…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s orbital Starship prototype sheds tiles, comes to life during first tests
After weeks of mostly invisible - albeit slow and steady - work at Starbase's suborbital launch and test facilities, SpaceX…
3 years ago
SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to make room for Mechazilla arm installation
For the second time, SpaceX has removed the first potentially flightworthy Super Heavy from Starbase's orbital launch mount - this…
3 years ago
SpaceX installs Mechazilla ‘claw’ on Starship launch tower
In the latest chapter of SpaceX's Starship launch tower chronicle, the company has rolled a claw-like component to the pad…
3 years ago
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Blue Origin’s Starship lawsuit makes no sense
For the first time since SpaceX competitor Blue Origin took NASA to federal court after losing a Moon lander contract…
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SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch debut may be pushed to 2022 by slow FAA reviews
In a rare sign of material progress, SpaceX and the FAA have finally released what is known as a draft…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch pad tank farm comes to life for the first time
Update: Two days after a bevy of tanker trucks began to arrive at SpaceX's orbital Starship launch site with load…
3 years ago
SpaceX prepares Starship, Super Heavy for milestone Raptor static fire tests
SpaceX has scheduled a full week with as many as 30 hours of road and beach closures for Starship and…
3 years ago
Elon Musk says SpaceX could fire up first orbital-class Super Heavy booster next week
Update: In response to this article, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the plan is to not only 'cryoproof' the…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s first orbital-class Super Heavy booster rejoins Starship at the launch pad
For the second time in five weeks, SpaceX has rolled Starship's first orbital-class Super Heavy booster from its Starbase factory…
3 years ago
SpaceX repairing heat shield, reinstalling Raptors on first orbital-class Starship
SpaceX has begun reinstalling three of the six Raptor engines that will power the first orbital-class Starship and repairing the…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s second Super Heavy booster might land in Mechazilla’s arms
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX could attempt to catch a Super Heavy booster out of mid-air with a tower-sized…
3 years ago
SpaceX installs first ‘Mechazilla’ arm on Starship launch tower
One month after SpaceX stacked Starship's South Texas 'launch tower' to its full height, the company has installed the first…
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SpaceX’s odd Starbase propellant storage tank prototype passes first test
Likely to the relief of many, SpaceX appears to have successfully tested a prototype of the custom-built Starbase propellant storage…
3 years ago