SpaceX's Starship rocket launches on its fourth fully integrated test flight, on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. "These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of...
This time, the Starship — comprising the first-stage Super Heavy booster and upper-stage Starship spacecraft — kept on flying, with both parts reaching their destination points before breaking up on descent. Recommended Videos The largely successful mission involving the world’s most powerful roc...
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SpaceX, ULA aim for back-to-back Starlink, spaceplane rocket launches SpaceX and ULA are just four days away from a ~20-hour period that could see them attempt back-to-back launches of their respective... SpaceX’s first high-flying, triple-Raptor Starship is almost finished SpaceX’s...
SpaceX believes a fully and rapidly reusable rocket is the pivotal breakthrough needed to substantially reduce the cost of space access. The majority of the launch cost comes from building the rocket, which historically has flown only once. ...
The upshot of building a bigger rocket is pretty straightforward: heavier payloads and greater range. When it's done, Starship might be able to wrestle up to 250 tons intolow-Earth orbitin an expendable configuration or 150 tons with Super Heavy recovery. SpaceX is also working on orbital ...
What are they flying in? SpaceX has never taken people to space before. Its Crew Dragon is a gumdrop-shaped capsule — an upgraded version of SpaceX’s original Dragon capsule, which has been used many times to carr...
The much-anticipated third test flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket Thursday accomplished more than any previous flight, but there's still work to do as the rocket ended in a loss of the ship over the Indian Ocean. Still, it was much better than the two earlier flights last year ...
Could Tesla’s production lines eventually be turned over to the manufacture of spaceships? The car company has already used its facilities to producespecialist toolingfor its rocket-making cousin, so perhaps the idea isn’t as unlikely as it seems. More certain is that both organizations will ...
Musk has suggested SpaceX will remain private, as the company's long-term goals conflict with the short-term demands of public markets and stockholders. Shotwell said SpaceX could not go public until the company was flying regularly to Mars.27SpaceX hopes to send its first cargo mission to ...