A month after its latest liftoff, SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket is getting ready to fly again. Starship launched Nov. 18 on its second-ever test mission, which ended in two spectacular explosions. But the company, as ever, is gearing up for the next try. “Flight 3 vehicles on the pad at […]
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Canada’s guitarist-astronaut, Chris Hadfield, says he’d love to hop into SpaceX Starship for a trip around the moon. Hadfield, a retired Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut who commanded the International Space Station in 2013 while charming the world on social media, sat down with Space.com to talk about changes in […]
WASHINGTON — Several organizations have filed a new complaint about the environmental impacts of SpaceX Starship launches even as government agencies face criticism for delaying such launches for environmental reviews. Several environmental groups announced Dec. 15 that they had filed a supplemental legal claim in federal court regarding licensing of […]
The third flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship vehicle may be considerably more ambitious and complex than the first two. The coming mission could involve a refueling test, according to a recent presentation by Lakiesha Hawkins, deputy associate administrator for NASA’s Moon to Mars program office. Hawkins spoke on Monday (Dec. […]
SpaceX’s Starship megarocket didn’t ace its second-ever test flight Saturday (Nov. 18), but it performed well enough to draw praise from some pretty important people. Starship lifted off this morning from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas, on a test mission that aimed to send its 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper […]
SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket ever developed — the company’s next-generation Starship — on a key test flight on Saturday that could pave the way for missions to the moon and eventually Mars. The uncrewed test flight was mostly successful, with several key milestones achieved, but SpaceX ultimately lost […]
SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket, the most powerful rocket on Earth, on its second test flight this weekend, and while the vehicle may have met an explosive end, its flight absolutely amazing to behold. Stunning photos and video by SpaceX, Space.com, news wires and the public show the sheer spectacle […]
The second-ever test flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket has spurred an investigation, just as the first one did. Starship lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas on Saturday (Nov. 18), kicking off a test mission that aimed to send the vehicle’s upper stage most of the way […]