News Archive / Tagged: Starbase

• FAA closes SpaceX Starship investigation, orders fixes

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 11th, 2023

  It’s been more than four months since the first integrated flight test of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket, which resulted in the vehicle breaking apart several minutes into flight.

• Starship Integrated Flight Test: A photo retrospective

  Scott JohnsonMay 20th, 2023

  It's been a month since SpaceX's Starship Integrated Flight Test from Starbase, Texas, and we thought we'd share a few our previously unpublished photos.

• Opinion: Is the Starship flight test a reality check for SpaceX, NASA and Artemis?

  Derek RichardsonApril 22nd, 2023

  By all honest measures, SpaceX’s first integrated flight test of Starship was a success, but it unearthed some serious problems.

• SpaceX’s Starship flies high, then explodes during ascent

  Derek RichardsonApril 20th, 2023

  The first integrated flight test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket failed just minutes into the booster phase of ascent.

• Musk gives update on Starship progress, but is light on details

  Cullen DesforgesFebruary 11th, 2022

  For the first time in nearly two years, members of the press convened at SpaceX’s “Starbase” facility in South Texas to hear CEO Elon Musk deliver a highly-anticipated update on the company’s Starship rocket.

• SpaceX Starship booster catching arm attached to launch tower

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 28th, 2021

  SpaceX continues to test Starship Ship 20 engines at its South Texas launch facility as engineers connect the Mechazilla chopstick booster catching arms to the orbital launch tower.

• SpaceX Starship Ship 20 performs engine test

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 19th, 2021

  SpaceX appeared to perform a test on Starship Ship 20’s Raptor preburners in the overnight hours after filling the prototype with its propellants.

• Starship Ship 20 undergoes cryogenic proof testing at Starbase

  Cullen DesforgesSeptember 30th, 2021

  SpaceX’s Starship prototype Ship 20 underwent cryogenic proof testing, one of many tests and steps needed before the company can fly its first orbital Starship mission.

• SpaceX Starship Booster 4 returns to the launch site

  Cullen DesforgesSeptember 7th, 2021

  Both Starship Booster 4 and Ship 20 are back at the launch site at SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas about a month after the pair's brief first stacking.

• SpaceX’s Starship Ship 20 to be re-stacked as early as tomorrow

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 17th, 2021

  Starship Ship 20 has been returned to the orbital launch site for additional testing as the Booster 3 pathfinder begins the process of being scrapped.

• SpaceX’s Starship fully-stacked briefly for fit checks

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 9th, 2021

  Progress has been expedited by an order of magnitude as a fully-stacked Starship launch system made its historic debut last week in Boca Chica, Texas.

• Starship Booster 4, Ship 20 arrive at SpaceX Texas launch site

  Theresa CrossAugust 5th, 2021

  Work on the first orbital Starship rocket is proceeding at breakneck speed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility, Starbase, as Booster 4 and Ship 20 are both at the launch site.

• With 29 Raptor engines in place, Booster 4 pre-flight work is continuing at Starbase

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 2nd, 2021

  In the overnight hours of Aug. 2, all 29 Raptor engines were installed on SpaceX's Starship Booster 4 at a blistering pace as it sat stacked in the high bay.

• The winds of change are stirring for Starship and Starbase

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 26th, 2021

  A static fire and new build rumors abound as SpaceX continues to make progress at its Starbase site in South Texas.

• SpaceX preparing for 1st Starship Super Heavy booster static fire

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 19th, 2021

  The Orbital Launch Tower for SpaceX’s Starship launch system got its final section over the weekend as the company continues to press toward the first static fire of a Super Heavy booster.