SpaceX leadership repeatedly stressed the experimental nature of the launch and said any result that involved Starship getting off the launchpad would be a success. The rocket flew for nearly 4 minutes andsuccessfully separatedfrom the Super Heavy booster, a key in-flight milestone, before suffering...
SpaceX launch webcast live, astronauts suiting up SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Dragon spacecraft on its Falcon 9 rocket at night, with pad crews nearby on access arm. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's livestream for the Polaris Dawn launch is live on X and you can watch it in the video feed...
Starship, the world's biggest rocket built byElon Musk'sSpaceX, is finally set to launch today. Following a scrubbed test on Monday, the colossalSpace Launch Systemis ready for its first test flight, taking place from the company's Starbase near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. ...
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed,...
SpaceX will be performing a launch today, Sunday, February 5, of a Spanish communications satellite, using one of its signature Falcon 9 rockets. Hispasat Amazonas Nexus Mission If you fancy watching along with the launch and the always exciting retrieval of the first stage booster, there is ...
Today’s launch was due to take place 24 hours earlier on Thursday, but adverse weather prompted SpaceX and NASA to hold off until better conditions prevailed. Want to find out more about the Crew-2 astronauts currently hurtling toward the space station?Then check out this NASA videofeaturing...
23:41【SpaceX公司执行2021年首次“星链”卫星发射任务】猎鹰-9号(Falcon-9)火箭于美国东部时间早8:02分从卡纳维拉尔角航天中心点火升空,将2021年首批“星链”(Starlink)卫星送入轨道。美国太空探索技术公司 (SpaceX)直播了发射过程。这是美国太空探索技术公司送入轨道的第17批“星链”卫星。猎鹰-9号携带了60颗...
Future test variants will be more powerful, and we should see these brawnier vehicles fly relatively soon; Musk has said that SpaceX aims to launch a Starship into Earth orbit before the end of the year. If the test program progresses well, Starship could be up and running not long after...
Today, it typically costs about a quarter billion dollars to make a satellite and around the same amount to put it in space. That makes every satellite launch super high stakes, which makes companies risk-averse, so they tend to use older, proven technology and make sure to get at least ...
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight on Sunday, October 13, in Boca Chica, Texas. Eric Gay/AP Today’s test flight will be counted as a roaring success at SpaceX. Not only did the Super Heavy booster survive its daring return ...