All posts tagged "Starship"
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32.0KNewsSpaceX’s Elon Musk says landing Starship on the Moon could be easier than convincing NASA
Speaking in an interview with TIME Magazine’s Jeffrey Kluger, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk telegraphed some clear, latent frustration with US space agency...
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29.9KNewsStarhopper update: SpaceX’s ungainly Starship testbed survives night of fireballs, Raptor testing
SpaceX’s Starhopper appears to have come out the other end of an eventful night of fires, fireballs, and Raptor testing completely unscathed,...
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36.0KNewsSpaceX’s Starhopper engulfed in fireball after critical Raptor static fire test
SpaceX’s Starhopper was engulfed in a fireball shortly after a static fire ignition of its Raptor engine, almost certainly delaying the low-fidelity...
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57.6KNewsLIVESTREAM: T-20 minutes to SpaceX’s Raptor-powered Starhopper static fire test
10:00 pm CDT Per NASASpaceflight.com, Starhopper’s static fire ignition is approximately 30 minutes away (10:30 pm CDT). 9:15 pm CDT Starhopper has...
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29.0KNewsSpaceX delays Starhopper’s first flight a few days despite Raptor preburner test success
SpaceX has (partially) ignited Starhopper’s freshly-installed Raptor engine, successfully verifying that the engine is ready for its next major test: a full...
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37.4KNewsSpaceX wiggles Starhopper’s Raptor engine, tests parts ahead of hover test debut
On the evening of July 12th, SpaceX technicians put Starhopper’s freshly-installed Raptor – serial number 06 (SN06) – through a simple but...
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40.1KNewsSpaceX’s Florida Starship shown off in aerial footage as Texas prototype grows rapidly
Local amateur photographer and spaceflight fan Michael Tapes has graciously shared a new aerial view of SpaceX’s Florida Starship facility, where dozens...
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37.7KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starhopper’s first hover test is scheduled early next week
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that Starhopper’s first untethered hover tests – flying as high as ~20 meters (65 ft)...
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41.9KNewsSpaceX ships Raptor to Texas for first Starhopper hover tests after fixing vibration bugs
After a brisk week of no fewer than three lengthy static fire tests, SpaceX has effectively confirmed that a critical vibration-related fault...
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27.7KNewsSpaceX’s orbital Florida Starship yard suffers damage after catching fire
Documented on Twitch and covered by several local reporters and photographers, an accident at SpaceX’s Florida Starship campus led to a minor...
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30.5KNewsSpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy rocket needs a launch pad and work is already starting
According to SpaceX job posts published early this month, the company has already begun the process of looking for the engineer or...
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53.8KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk says major Starship engine bug is fixed as Raptor testing continues
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed the latest official photo of the company’s Raptor engine in action and indicated that a major...
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27.1KLifestyleElon Musk’s Mars ambitions honored in Moon-landing anniversary animation
Elon Musk’s push for colonization of Mars is one of his best-known goals for humanity, and with the resources he’s gathered from...
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30.8KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk & Raptor engine make surprise visit to Florida Starship
While on the East Coast for Falcon Heavy’s third launch, also described as SpaceX’s most difficult launch yet, CEO Elon Musk dropped...
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26.9KNewsSpaceX worth $33B after raising more than $1B for Starlink and Starship
Since April 2018, SpaceX has successfully raised more than $1.24 billion through the sale of equity, likely sold to investors by extrapolating...
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29.5KNewsSpaceX’s Starhopper readies for more ambitious Raptor-powered flight tests
For the second time in two months, SpaceX technicians have begun to install a Raptor engine on Starhopper, a full-scale Starship testbed...
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32.0KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to use Starships as Earth-to-Earth transports
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk indicates that the company is analyzing the use of single-stage Starship spacecraft as a potential pillar of its...
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29.5KNewsSpaceX Starship website spotted ahead of Elon Musk’s June rocket update
It appears that SpaceX is preparing a dedicated website for its proposed Starship point-to-point transport system, potentially capable of transporting dozens of...
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43.1KNewsSpaceX’s space-optimized Starship engine could be ready sooner than later
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that there is now a chance that a vacuum-optimized version of the Raptor engine will be ready...
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36.7KNewsSpaceX’s orbital Starship gains a nose as East Coast prototype makes progress
On May 20th, SpaceX technicians successfully stacked a nosecone on top of the company’s Boca Chica orbital Starship prototype. Simultaneously, a separate...
