News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX

• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offers details on Starship SN11 explosion

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 7th, 2021

  SpaceX Starship SN11 met a fiery demise last week, like the three iterations before it. Recently, Elon Musk tweeted details on why the prototype exploded.

• Crew-1 Dragon astronauts take spacecraft for a spin around ISS

  Derek RichardsonApril 5th, 2021

  In one of the final major activities of the Crew-1 mission, its astronaut riders suited up to relocate docking ports to clear the way for the Crew-2 Dragon.

• Starship SN11 explodes during landing-flip maneuver

  Derek RichardsonMarch 30th, 2021

  Starship SN11 attempted to complete what three previous prototypes could not, launch to 10 kilometers, land and not explode. However, it wasn’t to be.

• Final crew members named for ‘all-civilian’ Inspiration4 mission

  Theresa CrossMarch 30th, 2021

  Billed as the first "all-civilian" trip into space, the full crew complement of the Inspiration4 mission has been revealed.

• Starship SN11 launch delayed because FAA inspector not present

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 29th, 2021

  SpaceX's Starship SN11 appeared ready to fly March 29 as its flaps were unchained and tested with Highway 4 beginning to close down as well.

• New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft

  Derek RichardsonMarch 27th, 2021

  NASA recently released new concept art for SpaceX’s Dragon XL cargo ship, which is being designed to service the space agency’s Lunar Gateway.

• SpaceX completes SN11 static fire, flight shifts to NET Monday

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 26th, 2021

  Starship SN11 was set to perform a same-day double header on Friday, March 26, combining a static fire and test flight in Boca Chica, Texas.

• Friday Flyday: Starship SN11 launch plans cancelled for March 24, 25

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 23rd, 2021

  The Starship SN11 high-altitude test flight window has shifted to the right by a day as of this writing with a launch now no earlier than March 25.

• Starship SN11 completes 2nd static fire ahead of launch attempt

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 22nd, 2021

  SpaceX was able to complete the second static firing of Starship SN11 early Monday morning, which appeared to be a healthy full-duration test in comparison to the first attempt last Monday.

• Starship SN11 takes a breather, Super Heavy BN1 takes shape

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 19th, 2021

  SN11 Friday update, for March 19, 2021: The test campaign for Starship appears to be taking a ‘Spring Break weekend’, with no additional static fire attempts following Monday’s partial test.

• Update on Starship SN11 as SpaceX marches toward a static fire

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 17th, 2021

  SpaceX Starship production continues right along with Starship SN11 now undergoing the Raptor engine static fire phase of testing.

• Falcon 9 first stage launched a record 9th time

  Theresa CrossMarch 14th, 2021

  Another 60 Starlink satellites for SpaceX’s internet constellation lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket in a beautiful morning launch from Florida.

• Starlink L17 launches after weeks of delays

  Theresa CrossMarch 4th, 2021

  From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight from Launch Complex 39A, delivering another 60 satellites for the company’s ever-growing Starlink internet constellation.

• Starship SN10 sticks the landing, explodes minutes later

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 3rd, 2021

  SpaceX finally completed a key milestone in its Starship test program after three tries—successfully landing a Starship after a high-altitude flight and subsequent landing flip maneuver.

• Emergency Flight Termination System for SN10 is in place; Starship test flight imminent

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 3rd, 2021

  On Feb. 28, workers installed the flight termination system, or FTS, on Starship SN10 in what has proven to be the key event in the testing campaign that separates the preflight testing phase from the flight attempt phase.