Starship delivers excitement, but launch pad damage comes into question
SpaceX's Starship took its maiden voyage this morning, successfully lifting off of its launch pad and nearly making it to…
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SpaceX Starship completes first successful test flight
SpaceX's Starship completed its first successful flight test with an incredible liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas, after years of…
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SpaceX prepares for another Starship test flight attempt
For the second time this week, SpaceX is preparing for the maiden test flight of Starship, the company's most ambitious…
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SpaceX close to securing FAA license for Starship launch debut
A senior SpaceX director expects the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to grant a license for the first orbital…
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SpaceX prioritizes Starship test flights, pauses plans for floating launch pads
President and COO Gwynne Shotwell says that SpaceX has temporarily abandoned plans for floating Starship launch platforms to ensure it's…
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SpaceX rolls naked Starship prototype to test site
SpaceX has rolled a strange, naked Starship prototype from its Starbase, Texas factory to a nearby test site. Beginning with…
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SpaceX Starship booster survives record-breaking 31-engine static fire
SpaceX's Starship rocket has survived a record-breaking engine test - potentially the most powerful static fire in the history of…
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Stoke Space to build SpaceX Raptor engine’s first real competitor
Seattle startup Stoke Space has revealed plans to develop an efficient rocket engine similar to the Raptors that power SpaceX's…
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Elon Musk teases expendable version of SpaceX’s reusable Starship rocket
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could eventually develop an expendable version of its next-generation Starship rocket. Starship…
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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower
SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of…
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SpaceX sets stage for Starship booster’s first 33-engine static fire
SpaceX has set the stage for a record-breaking Starship booster static fire after the rocket completed a complex fueling test…
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket sails through first “flight-like” fueling test
SpaceX's fully-assembled Starship rocket appears to have sailed through a major wet dress rehearsal test on the first attempt. With…
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SpaceX to ship Starship ‘deluge’ hardware from Florida to Starbase
SpaceX appears to be preparing to ship a huge collection of hardware - including parts of a possible launch deluge…
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SpaceX installs new Starship on static fire test stand
SpaceX may be focused on preparing Starship S24 and Super Heavy Booster 7 for their potentially imminent orbital launch debut,…
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SpaceX Starship factory aiming to build five megarockets in 2023
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX's South Texas Starship aims to build up to five of the two-stage megarockets in…
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SpaceX flexes might with simultaneous Starship, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon operations
On January 9th, SpaceX demonstrated the breadth of its capabilities by simultaneously operating two orbital Dragons, four rockets, and four…
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SpaceX stacks Starship and Super Heavy booster for “wet dress rehearsal” test
For the third time in three months, SpaceX has fully assembled Starship 24 and Super Heavy Booster 7 after another…
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Elon Musk: SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch “highly likely” in Q1 2023
SpaceX's first Starship orbital launch mount (OLM) appears to have passed a busy week of stress-testing, clearing the way for…
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SpaceX returns Starship booster to factory after two major Raptor tests
For the sixth time this year, SpaceX has returned the same Super Heavy booster prototype to its South Texas Starship…
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SpaceX, NASA finalize contract for second crewed Starship Moon landing
Around eight months after announcing its intention to do so, NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract for a second crewed…
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