News Archive / Tagged: Starship

• SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 3 rolled to Starbase launch pad

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 5th, 2021

  SpaceX's Super Heavy Booster No. 3 stacked at the company’s high bay facility made an appearance last week. The vehicle was transported down Boca Chica’s Highway 4 on July 1, 2021, to a modified section of Pad A, where it is expected to begin cryo testing.

• SpaceX founder turns 50, as Starbase launch tower expansion continues

  Cullen DesforgesJune 28th, 2021

  The orbital launch tower for SpaceX's Starship rocket system has received its sixth tower section of the eight it is expected to comprise of when completed.

• SpaceX Starship Super Heavy booster, launch tower take shape

  Cullen DesforgesJune 23rd, 2021

  In the last few weeks, SpaceX’s South Texas facility known as Starbase has seen significant progress in its quest to become a mass-producing entity of heavy-lift rockets.

• FCC filing offers 1st look at SpaceX’s orbital Starship flight plan

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 18th, 2021

  SpaceX has given an initial look at the flight plan for its first orbital Starship in a new filing posted to the Federal Communications Commission website.

• Starship SN15 on pad B for possible encore flight

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 17th, 2021

  SpaceX remains as committed as ever to its breakneck pace of testing at its Boca Chica, Texas, launch facilities. Starship SN15, which conducted the first fully successful 10-kilometer test flight of the program with a clean, intact landing, was moved back to the launch pad on May 11, 2021, just under a week after that successful May 5 flight.

• SpaceX’s Starship SN15 lands successfully!

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 5th, 2021

  SpaceX's Starship SN15 landed safely after its high-altitude test flight, successfully performing a landing-flip maneuver to softly touch down on a nearby pad.

• Starship SN15 poised to fly, as Elon heads to New York for SNL appearance

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 4th, 2021

  Starship SN15 was by all public accounts set to fly Tuesday, May 4, with road closures, Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), and all expected FAA paperwork beleived to be in place.

• Starship SN15 performs two static fire tests within 24 hours

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 28th, 2021

  SpaceX's latest and improved version of Starship, SN15, has entered the static fire phase of its testing campaign with two recent firings of its Raptor engines in the last 24 hours.

• NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th, 2021

  NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.

• Starship SN15 completes cryo proofing; static fire coming soon

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th, 2021

  SpaceX is already well underway with testing of its first majorly-upgraded version of Starship, known as Starship SN15.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.