SpaceX fires up six-engine Starship, aces Starlink launch 18 hours apart
SpaceX has rounded out a jam-packed week of spaceflight activity by completing a record-breaking Starship static fire and first East…
2 years ago
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SpaceX targeting Starlink launch, Starship static fire in 24-hour period
Update: SpaceX has scrubbed Falcon 9's Starlink 4-1 due to unfavorable weather both at Cape Canaveral and downrange in the…
2 years ago
SpaceX, NASA celebrate Blue Origin’s lunar lander lawsuit loss and get back to work
In a November 9th press conference, NASA leaders have begun to publicly celebrate the end of seven months of Blue…
2 years ago
SpaceX begins filling Starship’s orbital launch site with rocket propellant
Less than a year after tank farm assembly began in South Texas, SpaceX has begun the painstaking process of filling…
3 years ago
SpaceX and NASA defeat Blue Origin’s Starship Moon lander lawsuit
While specific details of the decision are likely a few weeks away, the US Court of Federal Claims has denied…
3 years ago
SpaceX begins assembling Starbase’s biggest manufacturing building yet
It might not look like much today but SpaceX has begun assembling what is set to become Starbase's largest Starship…
3 years ago
SpaceX Starship prototype ready for record-breaking tests
Over the weekend, SpaceX has installed the last of its first orbital-class Starship's six Raptor engines, setting the prototype up…
3 years ago
SpaceX rolls Raptor Vacuum engines to launch pad for Starship’s next tests
For the second time, SpaceX is gearing up to install a full six Raptor engines on the first orbital-class Starship…
3 years ago
SpaceX fires up first upgraded Starship engine
CEO Elon Musk has implicitly revealed that SpaceX recently conducted the first test of Starship's new Raptor 2 engine. Aside…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s path to refueling Starships in space is clearer than it seems
Perhaps the single biggest mystery of SpaceX's Starship program is how exactly the company plans to refuel the largest spacecraft…
3 years ago
SpaceX Starship fires up Raptor Vacuum engine twice in one hour
After weeks of exceptionally cautious buildup, SpaceX's first orbital-class Starship prototype has repeatedly broken new ground tests in the first…
3 years ago
SpaceX begins installing ‘Mechazilla’ arms designed to catch Starship rockets
After a busy few weeks spent attaching Mechazilla's two rocket-catching arms to a carriage-like backbone, SpaceX has begun the process…
3 years ago
SpaceX uses robot dog to inspect Starship after first engine test in months
SpaceX's first orbital-class Starship prototype has survived the first of several expected Raptor tests, kicking off an engine test campaign…
3 years ago
SpaceX rolls second-to-last ‘cryoshell’ to Starbase’s orbital tank farm
In the last two days, SpaceX has transported a giant mystery tank and the second-to-last 'cryoshell' to Starbase's orbital tank…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch slips to March 2022 in NASA document
A NASA document discussing a group's plans to document SpaceX's first orbital-velocity Starship reentry appears to suggest that the next-generation…
3 years ago
SpaceX installs full set of car-sized grid fins on second Super Heavy booster
SpaceX appears to have installed a full set of car-sized grid fins on Starship's second flightworthy Super Heavy booster, leaving…
3 years ago
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…
3 years ago
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