All posts tagged "Super Heavy"
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42.0KNewsSpaceX installs second Starship-derived fuel tank at orbital launch pad
For the second time in two weeks, SpaceX has rolled a ‘Starship-derived’ propellant tank to the next-generation rocket’s first orbital launch pad,...
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33.0KNewsSpaceX might stack Starship on Super Heavy with “mechanical arms”
Not long after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk re-upped his plan to catch Super Heavy boosters – and possibly Starships, too – out...
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18.1KNewsSpaceX’s Starship booster-catching ‘launch tower’ begins to take shape in Texas
Aerial photos show that SpaceX has rapidly begun building the first of two planned skyscraper-sized Starship ‘launch towers’ in South Texas –...
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47.1KNewsSpaceX stacks first Super Heavy, creating largest rocket booster ever built
For the first time ever, SpaceX has stacked a Super Heavy tank section to its full height, effectively completing assembly of the...
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17.0KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirms Q3 2021 target for first orbital Starship launch
Update: On the heels of a NASASpaceflight report, CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX has an internal target of Q3 2021...
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11.5KNewsSpaceX is halfway done building the world’s largest rocket booster
New photos of the SpaceX Starship program’s first Super Heavy confirm that the booster prototype – known as Booster Number 1 (BN1)...
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25.2KNewsSpaceX’s most important Super Heavy booster part makes first appearance
What is arguably the most complex and important part of SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster prototype has made its first appearance at the...
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54.6KNewsSpaceX’s Super Heavy booster assembly is starting to speed up
SpaceX has begun stacking a new section of the first Super Heavy prototype in the latest sign that work is accelerating on...
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12.1KNewsSpaceX’s second Super Heavy booster enters production in South Texas
In a rare burst of visible activity, SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory has begun fabricating a second Super Heavy booster and taken...
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201.1KNewsSpaceX Starship boosters could forgo landings entirely, says Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that Starship’s Super Heavy boosters could forgo landings entirely, relying instead on a wild crane-based solution to...
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23.2KNewsSpaceX’s first Super Heavy booster hop “a few months” away, says Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the first prototype of a Starship booster – known as Super Heavy – could be finished...
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32.6KNewsSpaceX’s first Starship booster a step closer as custom parts arrive
While SpaceX remains focused on Starship flight testing as the dust settles from SN8’s launch debut, the company continues to make slow...
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27.3KNewsSpaceX begins assembling first Starship Super Heavy booster in South Texas
SpaceX has taken the first unequivocal step towards orbital Starship launches, kicking off assembly of the first Super Heavy booster (first stage)...
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13.1KNewsSpaceX 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 Elon Musk...
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24.1KNewsSpaceX Super Heavy booster assembly to start “this week,” says Elon Musk
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX is on track to begin fabricating Starship’s first Super Heavy booster prototype later “this week” and...
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14.3KNewsSpaceX Super Heavy ‘high bay’ construction begins in South Texas
After several weeks of preparations, SpaceX has begun assembling the massive ‘high bay’ it will use to stack and outfit Starship’s massive...
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16.1KNewsSpaceX tweaks Starship's Super Heavy rocket booster as design continues to evolve
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX continues to evolve the design of its next-generation Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster, a...
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20.2KNewsSpaceX Mars rocket factory in LA go for launch after cresting last big hurdle
SpaceX’s revived plan for a California-based Mars rocket factory has officially been approved by the Los Angeles City Council, the last major...
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152.1KNewsSpaceX Starship factory eyes cutting-edge industry solutions for inspiration [updated]
Update: In a Twitter response to this article, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the reality of things is unsurprisingly a bit...
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21.6KNewsSpaceX resurrects California Starship factory plan just one year after abandoning it
Just nine months after scrapping temporary Starship facilities built at a Los Angeles port, the company has unexpectedly reconsidered that decision, restarting...
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