SpaceX's second Starship and Super Heavy rocket launch test soars into the morning sky above Boca Chica Beach in South Texas on Nov. 18, 2023.(Image credit: Future/Josh Dinner) SpaceX's second Starship and Super Heavy rocket launch test soars into the morning sky above Boca Chica Beach ...
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket Saturday morning, with the booster exploding and spacecraft apparently detonating during the second test flight.
The Super Heavy booster, which stands 232 feet tall, is what begins the rocket's journey to space. At its base are 33 Raptor engines, which together produce 16.7 million pounds of thrust — about double the 8.8 million pounds of thrust of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, whichlaunched f...
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023.(TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP) If the test flight went as planned, SpaceX said Starship would launch from Texas and fly around theEarth, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the...
The SpaceX Starship rocket lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images But on-screen graphics in the SpaceX webcast showed three of the 33 Raptor engines had either shut down moments after...
SpaceX fuels up massive Starship megarocket in test for 3rd launch (photos) Image 1 of 3 Space.com's Josh Dinner captured this photo of SpaceX's second Starship test launch from Boca Chica, Texas on Nov. 18, 2023.(Image credit: Future/Josh Dinner) Space.com's Josh Dinner captured ...
First Super Heavy booster to complete a cryogenic proof test at the Orbital Launch Pad, as well as the first full stack cryogenic proof test for a Starship vehicle. Booster 4 is now on display at SpaceX's Rocket Garden in Boca Chica. Serial Booster 4 Status retired Flight Proven No Flight...
Building on lessons learned during three previous test flights, SpaceX set its sights on more lofty goals for a fourth launch of the giant rocket.
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, US, on November 18, 2023. Space...