SpaceX Starship fires up three Raptor engines in prelude to high-altitude flight
Update: At 1:21am CDT (6:21 UTC) on October 20th, Starship SN8 ignited all three of its Raptors' preburners, producing a…
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SpaceX installs flaps on first high-altitude Starship’s nosecone
After a great deal of hardware shuffling, SpaceX has settled on a nosecone for its first high-altitude Starship prototype and…
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SpaceX schedules Starship’s first triple-Raptor static fire test
A photo posted by CEO Elon Musk confirms that SpaceX has successfully installed three functional Raptors on Starship SN8 just…
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SpaceX’s Starship wins $53M from NASA for full-scale orbital refueling test
SpaceX's Starship program has won $53 million from NASA to perform a full-scale test of orbital propellant transfer, taking the…
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SpaceX Starship prototype gearing up for first static fire with three Raptor engines
Two days after Elon Musk announced that Starship SN8 "passed cryo proof" testing, SpaceX has begun installing three Raptor engines…
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SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship prototype just “passed cryo proof” testing
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the first high-altitude Starship prototype - known as SN8 - just "passed cryo proof"…
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SpaceX churning out Starship Super Heavy booster parts ahead of first stacking
SpaceX is busy churning out dozens of steel rings for Starship's first Super Heavy booster, the assembly of which CEO…
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SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship fitted with flaps and rolled to the launch pad
After a four-day delay, SpaceX has successfully installed the first high-altitude Starship at its Boca Chica launch pad not long…
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SpaceX’s Starship Moon lander passes NASA review alongside Blue Origin, Dynetics
A variant of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft optimized to land NASA astronauts on the Moon has passed the space agency's first…
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SpaceX’s first orbital Starship engine just breathed fire
Less than three weeks after shipping to Texas, SpaceX says that Starship's first Raptor Vacuum engine has completed a "full…
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SpaceX Starship pop test opens the door for 60,000 foot hop [update]
SpaceX has successfully destroyed a Starship 'test tank' for the fourth time, opening the door for the first high-altitude prototype…
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SpaceX Starship test tank ready for a second shot at destruction
For the fourth time ever, SpaceX is ready to destroy a Starship test tank - the results of which will…
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SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship gets ready to prove itself
SpaceX has begun outfitting its first high-altitude Starship prototype with the basis of functional aerodynamic flaps, potentially paving the way…
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SpaceX Starship test tank survives first two nights of stress testing
SpaceX's newest Starship test tank has survived the first two nights of stress testing, pushing the steel tank one step…
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SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship a week away from completion, says Elon Musk
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX's first high-altitude Starship prototype - built entirely out of a new steel alloy -…
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SpaceX Starship test tank set for destructive finale after ‘cryo proof’
SpaceX's fourth Starship test tank is set for a destructive finale after completing a "cryo proof" pressure test on Thursday.…
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SpaceX Starship factory overflowing with new and flight-proven rockets
After a relatively relaxed period of production and testing, SpaceX's South Texas Starship factory is practically overflowing with new and…
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SpaceX’s second flight-proven Starship makes way for next ‘test tank’
Four days after the rocket's hop debut, SpaceX has safely returned its second flight-proven Starship prototype to an assembly building…
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SpaceX soars with flawless Starship hop, Starlink launch five hours apart
SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites and hopped a Starship prototype just five hours…
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SpaceX gears up for back-to-back Starlink launch, Starship hop [webcast]
Barring delays, SpaceX plans to launch a new batch of Starlink satellites and hop a Starship prototype for the second…
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