SpaceX had previously tested that the engine could handle the descent portion of the mission, firing continuously for 281 seconds, the approximate amount of time for a descent burn to the lunar surface. That test, in November 2021 also showed Raptor’s ability to change the level of engine ...
"That was amazing," Tice said. "We were not intending to recover any of Starship, so that was the best ending that we could have hoped for." Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and CEO, agreed. "Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today,"he wrote on X(formerly Twitter) af...
2023, SpaceX conducted the first integrated launch of Starship and the Super Heavy booster,the most powerful rocket to ever launch. However, after liftoff, the vehicle experienced several anomalies including the loss of multiple first-stage engines. After...
A time exposure captures the streak of the Falcon 9 rocket as it climbs away from Cape Canaveral.William Harwood/CBS News "Unfortunately, we were not able to stick the landing today," said SpaceX's launch commentator, who described the loss as "a bummer." ...
Payloads launched to orbit this year by SpaceX: 1,548 First stage fleet leader: B1062, 23 flights (booster lost on landing) California landings to date: 20 Florida landings to date: 54 Droneship landings to date: 267 (not counting today's flight) ...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new reusability record, on what may have been its final flight. The Falcon 9 launched 21 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites today (Aug. 28), lifting off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:48 a.m. EDT (0748 GMT). It was the ...
SpaceX Musk tweeted about half an hour after the test that "at least the crater is in the right place!" "Something significant happened shortly after landing burn start. Should know what it was once we can examine the bits later today," Musk said. ...
SpaceX Despite SpaceX's optimism about SN9's flight test, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to CNBC that it is leading an "investigation of today's landing mishap." "Although this was an uncrewed test flight, the investigation will identify the root cause of today's mi...
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