SpaceX installs booster on launch pad, stacks orbital Starship to full height
Hours after SpaceX outfitted the first orbital Starship prototype with all six of its Raptor engines, the company has installed…
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Super Heavy
SpaceX reveals first orbital Starship with six Raptor engines
CEO Elon Musk has published a photo showing six Raptors - including three vacuum-optimized engines - installed on a Starship…
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SpaceX installs more than two dozen Super Heavy Raptor engines in one night
In a virtually unprecedented feat of engineering and rocketry, SpaceX appears to have installed a full 29 Raptor engines on…
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SpaceX outfits first orbital-class Starship booster with grid fins, Raptor engines
In the space of two days, SpaceX has outfitted Starship's first orbital-class Super Heavy booster with four car-sized grid fins,…
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SpaceX is building Starship’s first orbital-class booster at a breakneck pace
Within the last week, SpaceX's South Texas Starship factory appears to have kicked things into high gear and are now…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals the heart of Starship’s Super Heavy booster
CEO Elon Musk has revealed the first glimpse of the most complex, important, and unproven part of Starship's record-breaking Super…
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SpaceX shifts South Texas focus to Starship’s orbital launch pad
Highlighted by a Wednesday jam-packed with important milestones, SpaceX appears to be shifting its focus in South Texas to the…
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SpaceX Starship launch tower stacked to full height ahead of ‘Mechazilla’ transformation
Update: After an aborted attempt on Tuesday, SpaceX has successfully installed the ninth and final section of Starship's South Texas…
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SpaceX Super Heavy booster aces static fire test on the first try
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX has successfully fired up Super Heavy - the largest rocket booster in the world…
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SpaceX begins assembling first orbital Starship and Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has begun rapidly assembling the first orbital Starship prototype and the Super Heavy booster set to launch it isn't…
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SpaceX’s first Super Heavy booster static fire slips to next week
Update: SpaceX has cancelled Thursday's road closure, likely pushing Super Heavy's first attempt at a static fire test into next…
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SpaceX Super Heavy booster survives first major test
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster prototype has survived its first major test seemingly without issue, potentially opening the door for…
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SpaceX begins installing Raptor engines on first Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has installed a Raptor engine on a Super Heavy booster prototype for the first time, defying expectations and setting…
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SpaceX Starship booster weathers thunderstorm ahead of first ‘cryo proof’
Update: SpaceX's first Super Heavy cryo proof test is now scheduled no earlier than 6pm to 12am CDT (UTC-5) on…
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SpaceX rolls largest rocket booster ever built to the launch pad
Six weeks after assembly began, SpaceX has completed Starship's first true Super Heavy booster prototype, rolled it out of its…
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SpaceX says Starship can beat ‘plasma blackout’ with Starlink antennas
SpaceX has asked the FCC to allow Starship and its Super Heavy booster to communicate with Starlink during the rocket's…
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SpaceX Super Heavy booster reaches full height as Elon Musk talks orbit
Just a few days after CEO Elon Musk said that SpaceX's first true Super Heavy prototype was "almost done," the…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX’s second Starship booster prototype is almost finished
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the second Starship booster prototype is "almost done" and has revealed that work on…
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SpaceX Starship booster’s ‘hot gas’ thrusters make first public appearance
'Hot gas' thrusters meant to boost the efficiency of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters have been spotted in…
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SpaceX installs first parts of tower meant to catch Starship boosters
SpaceX's Starship 'launch tower' appears to have been outfitted with the first major component of a mechanism that's meant to…
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