In preparation for its eighth Starship launch, SpaceX is finishing up preflight shakedowns for the megarocket's first stage, ...
Starship's previous six test flights occurred in April and November of 2023 and March, June, October and November of last ...
The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship has successfully taken off from Boca Chica, Texas. Newsweek's live blog is ...
SpaceX has shared dramatic footage and images of its Super Heavy booster firing up ahead of its eighth test flight.
Elon Musk's company saw mixed results today, with Starship's booster sticking the landing while the upper stage failed during ascent.
The first such catch last October was successful, a jaw-dropping sight to thousands of cheering residents and tourists. But the Super Heavy used ... to sensors on the tower that were needed ...
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...
SpaceX did catch the 232-foot (71 meter) tall first-stage booster Super Heavy using the launch tower’s metal arms, which have been called chopsticks. The company shared some new tests and ...
The Super Heavy-Starship is the most powerful rocket ... arms known as chopsticks mounted on the launch tower. The first such catch last October was successful, a spectacular sight to thousands ...
Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity. Apart from obviously ...
Chopsticks” catch: Despite the mishap, SpaceX did successfully guide the Super Heavy booster ... returning the Super Heavy booster back to a safe landing at the launch tower mere minutes after ...
made up of a spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket, is designed to be reusable as the booster is built to land back in the arms of Mechazilla - the giant tower at Starbase built to catch rockets midair.