Starship’s Next Launch Could Be Just Two Weeks Away
Less than a month has passed since the historic fifth flight of SpaceX’s Starship, during which the company caught the booster with mechanical arms back at the launch pad in …
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China’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starship
When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country’s first super heavy-lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster. The rocket was fully expendable, …
A Chinese Space Startup Launched Its New Rocket by Accident
One of the most promising Chinese space startups, Space Pioneer, experienced a serious anomaly last weekend while testing the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket near the city of Gongyi. …
Here’s What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship
These test flights demonstrate how SpaceX’s development style differs from NASA’s, Forczyk says: While NASA tested every component to perfection before its Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft could launch—with …
SpaceX’s Starship Lost Shortly After Launch of Second Test Flight
“So far today has been incredibly successful, even with the RUD of the Super Heavy booster,” said Kate Tice, SpaceX’s quality systems engineer on the company’s webcast. But before Starship …
SpaceX Must Fix 63 Issues Before Its Starship Can Fly Again
As the dust settled following SpaceX’s brief, explosive test launch of Starship in April, both the company and the Federal Aviation Administration dug into investigating the aftermath. The gigantic rocket’s …