“I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer.” Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018 On Friday night the
[27 Apr 2024] SpaceX making progress on Starship in-space refueling technologies
A test of transferring propellants between tanks on Starship during its March test flight was a success, NASA says. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — NASA says SpaceX is on track to demonstrate in-space refueling of Starship next year, a critical technology
[13 Apr 2024] SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster on record-breaking 20th flight
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster, B1062, lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-49 mission. This marked the first time a booster launch and landed for a 20th time. Image: Adam
[08 Apr 2024] Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangible
“These are unthinkable numbers, but we’re not breaking any physics to achieve this.” SpaceX will continue to iterate on Starship. Elon Musk has been talking publicly about his sweeping vision for Mars settlement for nearly eight years now, dating to
[26 Mar 2024] SpaceX Completes Starship SN29 Static Test Fire
SpaceX’s Starship 29 conducted a multi-engine static fire test ahead of IFT-4. 🎥 Video from Mary (@BocaChicaGal), and Starbase Live. ✂️ Edited by Thomas Hayden (@_thomashayden). ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight’s channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips,
[22 Mar 2024] Following IFT-3 milestones, SpaceX prepares for fourth Starship flight
SpaceX is preparing to follow up its third flight of Starship – one that achieved another leap forward with the world’s largest rocket in history – with the IFT-4 mission. Potentially as early as May, the fourth flight is
[16 Mar 2024] Starship’s Third Flight Test
Liftoff of IFT-3, 14 Mar 2024 Starship returned to integrated flight testing with its third launch from Starbase in Texas. While it didn’t happen in a lab or on a test stand, it was absolutely a test. What we achieved
[06 Mar 2024] SpaceX adds tests to next Starship flight
SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy vehicle during a recent countdown rehearsal. SpaceX is targeting a launch no earlier than March 14. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX is planning a more ambitious set of in-flight tests of its Starship vehicle on its next
[29 Feb 2024] NASA, SpaceX Test Starship Lunar Lander Docking System
SpaceX and NASA recently performed full-scale qualification testing of the docking system that will connect SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) with Orion and later Gateway in lunar orbit during future crewed Artemis missions. Based on the flight-proven Dragon 2
[28 Feb 2024] SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts eager for launch to ISS on March 1: ‘Things surprise you, but we’re ready’
A new set of astronauts are ready for an International Space Station launch. SpaceX is set to launch four new astronauts on the Crew Dragon spacecraft for Crew-8, the eighth operational commercial crew mission for NASA, to the International Space