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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SpaceX rolls first Starship booster hardware to launch site
While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad…
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SpaceX first Super Heavy ‘test tank’ is almost ready for prime time
SpaceX has almost completed a 'test tank' meant to ensure that Starship's Super Heavy booster is capable of withstanding the…
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SpaceX bumps Starship booster engine count, ramps up Raptor factory
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that Starship's Super Heavy booster will have at least one more engine than expected…
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SpaceX Starship engine completes orbital-duration static fire test in Texas
A local resident and unofficial SpaceX observer has reported hearing a test of one of Starship's Raptor engines that lasted…
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SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship rolled back to factory for likely retirement
While SpaceX has spent the better part of three weeks inspecting the first flight-proven Starship to survive a high-altitude launch…
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SpaceX’s NASA Starship contract safe for now as Blue Origin looks to Congress
Fresh off of a major contract loss during a competition to build NASA's next crewed Moon lander, Blue Origin has…
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SpaceX starts stacking Starship’s first orbital-class Super Heavy booster
By all appearances, SpaceX has begun the process of stacking what could become the first Super Heavy booster capable of…
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SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship takes another step towards reuse
Nine days after becoming the first full-size prototype to survive a high-altitude launch and landing, SpaceX has installed Starship SN15…
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SpaceX begins work on Starship orbital propellant transfer test for NASA
More than six months after SpaceX won a NASA 'Tipping Point' award to demonstrate a large-scale cryogenic propellant transfer in…
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SpaceX reveals concrete details about Starship’s first orbital test flight
Via FCC regulatory filings, SpaceX has revealed the first concrete details about Starship and Super Heavy's first orbital flight test.…
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SpaceX could land Starship on Mars in 2024, says Elon Musk
Four years after Elon Musk revealed "aspirational" plans to launch Starships to Mars in 2022, the SpaceX CEO now believes…
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SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship heads back to launch pad for round two
Defying most expectations, SpaceX has moved the first full-size flight-proven Starship back to the launch pad less than a week…
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SpaceX teases more Starship flight tests “in the days ahead”
A SpaceX engineer hosting the company's recent record-breaking Starlink launch told viewers to "stay tuned for additional [Starship] test flights…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX might refly Starship after historic landing
Update: CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX "might try to refly SN15 soon" after it became the first Starship to…
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