SpaceX is gearing up for the first 500-foot ‘hop’ of its SN6 Starship rocket, weeks after a successful lift-off of the SN5 craft. The company lit up the prototype’s Raptor Engine during a static fire trial, releasing bursts of fire and smoke from the base – it was, however, the third attempt of the test. … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX took one small ‘hop’ closer towards the surface of Mars on Tuesday after completing the first successful launch and landing of its Starship rocket. Dubbed the SN5, the potentially revolutionary prototype performed an almost 500-foot leap above SpaceX’s development facility in Boco Chica, Texas, at 5pm local time. The nine-story large metallic … Read more
Elon Musk’s vision of sending humans to Mars on the SpaceX Starship rocket has been delayed again. The SN5 prototype was set to make a 492 foot ‘hop’ Tuesday at the firm’s Boca Chica site in Texas, but was aborted around 12:00pm ET. The Starship completed a serious of tests leading up to liftoff, but … Read more
SpaceX lost another Starship tank prototype during testing, but this time the explosion was intentional. The firm pushed the limits of the giant tank using super-chilled nitrogen to see how well it would hold up during an actual launch. During the cryogenic test, the massive structure beings to rupture, pops and collapses, disappearing into a … Read more
Elon Musk revealed last year that SpaceX would one-day develop floating ‘spaceports’ to launch its Starship rocket to the moon and Mars – and it seems that time has finally come. A job posting on the firm’s site lists a new position for an Offshore Operations Engineer who would ‘work as part of a team … Read more
Elon Musk has said SpaceX’s Starship rocket that could one day carry humans to Mars is the company’s ‘top priority’ from now on. In a company email, Musk urged SpaceX employees to accelerate progress on Starship ‘dramatically and immediately’, a week after its historic first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch … Read more
SpaceX is not having the best of luck this week – first the Falcon 9 launch was scrubbed Wednesday and now the firms’ a prototype Starship rocket has exploded. The prototype Serial Number 4 vanished into a fireball at SpaceX’s Boca Chica site in Texas Friday shortly the engine was ignited for a pressurized test. … Read more