SpaceX teases progress towards Starship’s orbital launch debut
A recorded address from SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell to a graduating class of college seniors unexpectedly teased progress…
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SpaceX Starship launch tower grows to more than half its full height
SpaceX has installed another prefabricated segment of a new Starship 'launch tower,' raising the skyscraper-sized framework to more than half…
3 years ago
SpaceX rolls Starship launch tower section, giant water tank to orbital pad
After a brief pause, SpaceX is once again shipping pad hardware from its Boca Chica, Texas rocket factory to Starship's…
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SpaceX rolls first Starship booster hardware to launch site
While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad…
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SpaceX first Super Heavy ‘test tank’ is almost ready for prime time
SpaceX has almost completed a 'test tank' meant to ensure that Starship's Super Heavy booster is capable of withstanding the…
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SpaceX bumps Starship booster engine count, ramps up Raptor factory
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that Starship's Super Heavy booster will have at least one more engine than expected…
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SpaceX Starship engine completes orbital-duration static fire test in Texas
A local resident and unofficial SpaceX observer has reported hearing a test of one of Starship's Raptor engines that lasted…
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SpaceX starts stacking Starship’s first orbital-class Super Heavy booster
By all appearances, SpaceX has begun the process of stacking what could become the first Super Heavy booster capable of…
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SpaceX reveals concrete details about Starship’s first orbital test flight
Via FCC regulatory filings, SpaceX has revealed the first concrete details about Starship and Super Heavy's first orbital flight test.…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX’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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX’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…
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SpaceX’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…
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SpaceX’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…
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SpaceX 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…
3 years ago
SpaceX’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…
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