SpaceX launched NASA's planetary defense mission, Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday. The mission is an attempt to understand how to deflect an asteroid off a collision course toward Ea...
Diagram of the flight plan for the second-ever test flight of SpaceX's Starship vehicle. (Image credit: SpaceX) RELATED STORIES: — Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's Mars-colonizing transportation system — Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch a Starship to the moon 'probably...
Today's launch, designated Integrated Flight Test-3 (IFT-3), was the third test mission for the fully stacked Starship. ThefirstandsecondStarship launches both ended explosively last year, with the vehicles detonating before the completion of each flight's mission objectives. However, data collecte...
The test-firing of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 12:18 p.m. EST (1718 GMT) on pad 39A at the Florida spaceport. SpaceX rolled the rocket, without its payload fairing or the IXPE spacecraft, out to pad 39A Friday afternoon and raised it vertical on the launch mount overnight. ...
Space watchers had been gearing up for an exciting evening tonight as SpaceX was set to launch its mighty Starship on its seventh test flight to date. The hope was to launch the massive rocket and have it deploy a payload for the first time, as well as facing the daunting challenge of ...
Nearly a month after a frustrating launch scrub, the Starliner and its two-person crew were initially cleared for a second attempt to reach orbit. Jun 1, 2024 SpaceX mega rocket launches on third test flight Today's test flight of the SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship rocket follows two laun...
President-elect Donald Trump and his son, Donald jr, attended the rocket launch of SpaceX's Starship in Boca Chica, Texas. Wednesday 20 November 2024 08:15, UK Donald Trump SpaceX This is a modal window. undefined OK Close Modal Dialog The Starship successfully launched but SpaceX ...
SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster during test flight While the Starship is lost, the mission's first-stage booster successfully returned to the launch tower, where it was caught by the tower's robotic arms. January 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM ...
SpaceX's second Starship test flight on Nov. 18 may have met an explosive end, but photos of the launch were absolutely amazing.
The launchpad itself appeared to be in good shape. Before SpaceX’s last test flight in November, the company installed awater deluge systemdesigned to shoot more than 300,000 gallons of water up toward the Super Heavy booster to dampen the blow of the vehicle’s massive engines. ...