SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off Starship’s 3 Raptor engines in best photos yet
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to publish yet more photos of the company's Starship Mk1 rocket prototype,…
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SpaceX’s Starship to grow in height as workers prepare to stack its top section
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has teased new details and posted several new photos of Starship Mk1, taken on September 25th…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains how Starships will return from orbit
In the near future, SpaceX wants to begin putting its first two full-scale Starship prototypes through a series of increasingly…
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SpaceX is installing Tesla battery packs on its Starship MK1 rocket prototype
First noticed by NASASpaceflight.com forum member "exilon", SpaceX appears to have selected off-the-shelf Tesla battery packs as the power storage…
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SpaceX begins launch pad upgrades for Starship flight tests in Texas and Florida
Beneath the buzz of Starship Mk1's glamorous wing installation, SpaceX has begun installing new launch pad hardware meant to support…
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SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 rocket already has three Raptors installed, says Elon Musk
In a few late-night tweets, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered a rare view inside the company's Boca Chica Starship fabrication…
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SpaceX installs two Starship wings ahead of Elon Musk’s Saturday update
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is just six days away from giving an updated Starship presentation and the company is working…
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Billionaire resigns CEO role to pay, train for SpaceX’s first crewed Starship Moon launch
Eccentric Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa -- known for collecting modern art and founding online fashion retailer Zozo -- has stepped…
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SpaceX prepares to break ground on Starship launch facilities at Pad 39A
As of September 14th, SpaceX is nearly ready to break ground on what will likely be the first orbital-class Starship…
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SpaceX wants to move Starship Mk2 to one of its Florida launch pads later this month
According to documents filed with local city and transportation authorities in recent months and cataloged by a few local news…
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SpaceX ‘tops off’ its South Texas Starship prototype with one final steel dome
On September 14th, South Texas SpaceX technicians lifted Starship Mk1's third and final tank dome and began to attach it…
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SpaceX files Starship flight debut paperwork, preps for launch pad upgrades
On September 9th, the first signs of SpaceX planning for Starship Mk1's South Texas launch debut appeared in the form…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship pad abort capabilities could come sooner than later
Despite a number of technical hurdles, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes that the company's next-generation Starship spacecraft could eventually be…
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SpaceX tests ceramic Starship heat shield tiles on Starhopper’s final flight test
Although it flew under the radar in the heat of the moment, SpaceX's final Starhopper test flight - completed on…
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SpaceX’s Starship, Florida Space Coast make it through Hurricane Dorian unscathed
With Hurricane Dorian's central Florida rendezvous essentially over, it's safe to say that SpaceX's Starship facilities and Florida's Space Coast…
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SpaceX acquires new photos of Starship landing sites with Mars-orbiting NASA satellite
SpaceX has reaffirmed its prioritization of the Arcadia Planitia - a low Martian plain - and adjacent areas as some…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases Starship flight debut details, reveals presentation date
Speaking on August 28th, CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX's first Starship flight test(s) could occur as early as October…
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SpaceX’s first thrice-flown Cargo Dragon returns from orbit with Starship tiles intact
After a flawless reentry and splashdown on August 27th, SpaceX's first thrice-flown Cargo Dragon spacecraft completed its latest mission, arriving…
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SpaceX braces for Florida-bound Dorian as hurricane threatens local Starship facility
Hurricane Dorian is currently growing into a potentially devastating Atlantic storm some 1,200mi (~2000km) off the Florida Coast and local…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship could be followed by a dramatically larger rocket
Hinted at in a brief tweet on August 28th, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX's massive Starship and Super…
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