SpaceX launched its Starship Serial Number 11 (SN11) March 30 for a high altitude test that ended with the rocket exploding and debris raining from the sky – and Elon Musk has officially revealed what happened. The billionaire shared details on Twitter saying ‘a (relatively) small’ methane leak led to its demise, which was what … Read more
SpaceX workers are continuing to recover fragments of Tuesday’s doomed rocket from a nature reserve as conservationists blasted Elon Musk for the danger it posed to wildlife. The Starship prototype rocket SN11 took off from the company’s base in the tiny hamlet of Boca Chica before crashing landing on its launch pad minutes later, raining … Read more
SpaceX‘s Crew Dragon spaceship will be equipped with a domed window for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space later this year, Inspiration4. The company posted an artist’s impression of the specially modified Crew Dragon on Twitter with the caption: ‘A new view for crew.’ Crew Dragon’s additional window at the ‘nose’ of the space capsule … Read more
Elon Musk’s girlfriend Grimes says she is ‘ready to die on Mars’ in new Instagram post The singer posed at Musk’s Starbase facility in Texas Musk continues to make technological efforts to touch down on Mars He continues to test experimental rockets at the Lone Star State facility Last month, Grimes said she wanted to … Read more
SpaceX has lost its fourth Starship prototype following the launch of Serial Number 11 (SN11) that saw the rocket take off, disappear into a thick blanked of fog and crash down on the launch pad. SN11 launched from the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas around 9:15am ET, but minutes into its first high … Read more
‘RIP SN11’: SpaceX’s Starship rocket EXPLODES on the launch pad that Elon Musk says was caused by ‘something significant’ happening after landing burn started happened shortly after landing burn start’ SpaceX lost its fourth Starship rocket Tuesday, following its first test flight that took off in Boca Chica, Texas SN11 took off around 9:15am ET … Read more
SpaceX scrubbed the highly anticipated Starship SN11 due to thick fog covering the launch pad. The massive rocket was set to takeoff from the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas Friday, but it seems Mother Nature had other plans and has pushed the test to Monday. Prior to the scrub announcement, officials had evacuate the … Read more
SpaceX is gearing up to launch its fourth Starship prototype, following a successful Raptor static fire test that send a burst of flames from the base of Serial Number 11 (SN11), signaling it is ready to soar. The pre-check test ensures that the massive rocket’s three engines are ‘healthy’ for the voyage after one did … Read more
Disintegrating SpaceX Falcon rocket booster makes spectacular display across the Pacific Northwest as it splinters and burns off while reentering the atmosphere The event was the second stage from a Space X Falcon rocket which failed to make its deorbit burn earlier this month Instead, it burned as it reentered the atmosphere about 9pm over … Read more
OneWeb, the satellite communications firm partly owned by the UK government, has launched another 36 satellites into orbit as part of its constellation. The British firm, which is also partly owned by Indian multinational Bharti, will operate broadband to remote areas of the world similar to Starlink by SpaceX. The latest 36 satellites were launched … Read more