News Archive / Tagged: Starship

• Starship ‘SN5’ takes flight as SpaceX marches forward

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 4th, 2020

  For the second time in just three days, SpaceX has succeeded in showcasing their team’s capabilities and readiness to redefine the future of commercial space travel. Earlier today, August 4, 2020, the company completed a test flight of its Starship prototype vehicle, dubbed SN5, ‘hopping’ to an altitude of 150 meters above its rocket development […]

• NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers

  Cullen DesforgesMay 1st, 2020

                              NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.

• Raptor roars under Starship prototype in 1st static fire test

  Derek RichardsonApril 4th, 2019

  SpaceX’s stainless steel Starship prototype in South Texas has undergone its first static fire test with a Raptor engine installed beneath it.

• 1st Starship Hopper test firing could be this week

  Derek RichardsonMarch 18th, 2019

  SpaceX’s Starship Hopper test article recently had a Raptor engine installed in advance of its first test firing, which could come as early as this week.

• Raptor fired at power level needed for Starship, Super Heavy

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 7th, 2019

  SpaceX's first Raptor flight engine performed another test, increasing its thrust and chamber pressure to levels required for Starship and Super Heavy.

• Update: Raptor roars on SpaceX’s Texas test stand

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 4th, 2019

  SpaceX’s Raptor engine was briefly fired on a test stand days after company CEO and Founder Elon Musk revealed photos of the engine on Twitter.

• SpaceX’s Starship toppled, severely damaged during overnight storm

  Patrick AttwellJanuary 23rd, 2019

  In the overnight hours of Jan. 22 and 23, SpaceX's Starship Hopper test article was severely damaged by strong winds at the SpaceX South Texas launch facility.

• SpaceX downsizing workforce as it ramps up Starship, Starlink programs

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 12th, 2019

  SpaceX is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce to “become a leaner company” as it develops a Mars spaceship and satellite internet constellation.

• Musk teases Starship in round of Twitter posts

  Jason RhianDecember 30th, 2018

  Among a deluge of Tesla and The Boring Company tweets, SpaceX's founder, CEO and chief rocket designer Elon Musk teased the latest about the Big Falcon Rocket "Starship."