SpaceX is significantly upping the ante of its Starship test flight program, with the next rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time.<p> The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in
[07 Jul 2024] SpaceX’s Starship to fly again ‘in 4 weeks,’ Elon Musk says
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches on its fourth fully integrated test flight, on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) We won’t have to wait much longer to see the most powerful rocket ever built take to the skies again, if all
[06 Jun 2024] SpaceX Starship launches nail-biting Flight 4 test of the world’s most powerful rocket
It was quite a sight…and quite a fiery success for SpaceX. The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX
[04 Jun 2024] SpaceX lands FAA license for next Starship megarocket launch on June 6
SpaceX and the FAA have even outlined 3 ways Starship’s Flight 4 could fail and skip an anomaly investigation. SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. The company received an FAA launch license for
[01 Jun 2024] Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship
“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
[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