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
[27 Feb 2024] SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle
Starship launches on its second flight on November 18, 2023. A little more than three months after the most recent launch of a Starship vehicle, which ended with both the booster and upper stage being lost in flight, the Federal
[26 Feb 2024] FAA Closes Starship IFT-2 Mishap Investigation
The FAA said today it has closed its mishap investigation of the second orbital flight test of SpaceX’s Starship, OFT-2, that took place last November. SpaceX must implement a set of corrective actions before the FAA will issue a license
[23 Feb 2024] SpaceX seeks a waiver to launch Starship “at least” nine times this year
“They’re looking at a pretty aggressive launch schedule this year.” SpaceX’s second Starship rocket is seen on the launch pad at its Starbase facility in South Texas. As SpaceX nears its first Starship launch of 2024—possibly as soon as within
[17 Feb 2024} SpaceX wants to take over a Florida launch pad from rival ULA
SpaceX now plans at least four Starship launch pads, two in Texas and two in Florida. STEPHEN CLARK – 2/17/2024, 5:27 PM SpaceX’s fully-stacked Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster on a launch pad in South Texas. One of the
[03 Feb 2024] SpaceX shows off Super Heavy boosters ‘for the next 3’ Starship flights (photos)
Super Heavy boosters for the next three flights, with a fourth ready to stack, in the Starbase Megabay. SpaceX shared this photo of four Super Heavy boosters in the “megabay” at its Starbase site via X on Feb. 2, 2024.
[02 Feb 2024] SpaceX’s Starship to launch ‘Starlab’ private space station in late 2020s
The giant rocket will loft Starlab in a single launch. An illustration of Starlab, a Voyager Space-Airbus commercial space station targeted to begin operations in the late 2020s. (Image credit: Starlab Space LLC) The stars were aligned for this launch