Following last year’s Inspiration4 mission with SpaceX, the company is again partnering with the mission’s commander to conduct research and raise more money. SpaceX will work on another mission, called the Polaris Program, to research tech during spaceflight and to raise funding for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, according to a post on Monday from […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a Starship update on Thursday evening, at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. At an evening presentation by Musk, SpaceX detailed how the launch tower at Starbase will help Starship and also catch the Super Heavy rocket booster. On Wednesday night, SpaceX stacked Starship atop the Super Heavy using its ‘Mechzilla’ […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared photos from Starbase, Texas tonight, of the company’s attempt to have tower arms (“chopsticks”) stack its Starship rocket onto a Super Heavy Booster. It’s hard to fathom how SpaceX is able to attempt this at night, by lifting the massive Starship onto the even larger Super Heavy Booster. Musk […]
SpaceX is set to hold a presentation next week for its Starship rocket, confirmed CEO Elon Musk. The Starship presentation will take place on Thursday, February 10 at 8pm EST, said Musk. Musk was detailing how SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will be launching roughly once per week this year, delivering roughly two-thirds “of all Earth […]
SpaceX has revealed it plans to launch its second-generation Starlink satellite constellation with its Starship rocket only, instead of its dependable Falcon 9. The news was revealed in a January 7 letter to the Federal Communications Commission, reports SpaceNews. According to SpaceX lawyer William Wiltshire, development has exceeded the company’s expectations and thusly, it could […]
After the first launch of SpaceX’s Starship with a Super Heavy Booster was initially planned for December 31, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided it will take extra time to evaluate the environmental impacts of the launch. The FAA is delaying SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch with the company’s Super Heavy Booster to a […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced earlier today the company has broken ground on a new, dedicated launchpad for its Starship rockets on Florida’s Space Coast (via CNBC). Construction of Starship orbital launch pad at the Cape has begun — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2021 Starship is a next-generation, fully reusable spacecraft designed by SpaceX […]
On Friday, SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship SN20 spacecraft successfully achieved static fire, with thrust, on all six of its engines in a multi-engine test that will prove instrumental in getting the rocket company the regulatory approval it needs to attempt Starship’s first orbital launch (via @NASASpaceflight). Good static fire with all six engines! — Elon […]
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced that SpaceX aims to attempt the first orbital Starship launch sometime in November, pending regulatory approval. Retweeting a plea from @SpacePadreIsle to submit comments in support of the project to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is currently evaluating the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the proposed launch and […]
In a recent tweet, SpaceX CEO and celebrated visionary Elon Musk asked his supporters and the public to “please add” their voice to the comments (open to everyone) on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for SpaceX’s proposed Starship/Super Heavy project in Boca Chica, Texas. The space exploration pioneer said […]
In his recent recap of space industry events on YouTube, Marcus House detailed SpaceX’s installation of the Quick-Disconnect (QD) swing arm to its Starship launch tower. Back in July, SpaceX successfully erected the roughly 475 ft (145m) tall launch tower, designed to support orbital launches of its Starship spacecraft, at its Boca Chica, Texas launchpad […]
Speaking at the National Space Society’s virtual International Space Development Conference on Friday, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said that the company is “shooting for July” to launch the first orbital spaceflight of its ‘Starship’ spacecraft — reports CNBC. “I’m hoping we make it, but we all know that this is difficult,” she added. Shortly after […]
New photos from the ‘Starbase’ launch site in South Texas recently revealed that SpaceX’s ‘Super Heavy’ Booster would now make use of 29 ‘Raptor’ rocket engines at launch. 29 Raptors on Booster initially, rising to 32 later this year, along with thrust increase per engine. Aiming for >7500 ton thrust long-term. T/W ~1.5. — Elon […]
Image credit: @BocaChicaGal SpaceX has revealed plans to launch its Starship prototype into its first orbital spaceflight, according to a filling with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), reports CNBC. The company’s recent Starship SN15 prototype successfully landed during a test flight. The huge rocket ship is about 16-storeys tall, or about 160 feet, and made […]
After scrubbing yesterday’s Starship SN15 high altitude test flight, SpaceX is trying again on Wednesday, as the flight window has opened. According to @BocaChicaGal, SpaceX has unchained the last flap on Starship SN15, and she is now heading to the viewing site, ahead of a potential test flight. As the last flap is being unchained […]
