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Starship Just Had Its Biggest Achievement Yet

March 4, 2021
Leo B
5 min Read

On March 3, Starship SN10 conducted its high-altitude flight and achieved more than any prototype had done so far. If you haven’t watched the flight already, take some time out of your day, it’s worth it: Launch &

Mars Perseverance Rover’s Parachute Captures Inspirational Cryptic Message – but What Does It Mean?

February 24, 2021
Kc Cartwright
5 min Read

On Monday NASA shared the groundbreaking, first look at a spacecraft touching down on Mars. That left the door wide open for the internet to begin decoding the cryptic message in the parachute captured by the

Elon Musk Says SpaceX’s Floating Oil Rig Starship Launchpad May Begin Operating This Year

February 24, 2021
Kc Cartwright
2 min Read

Trips to Mars and convenient domestic air travel, are among the biggest ambitions for SpaceX’s Starship, a next generation spacecraft SpaceX is currently developing. The spacecraft would skim the outer atmosphere of

Could Starship SN10 Be the Successful One? We Await an Answer

February 24, 2021
Leo B
5 min Read

SpaceX’s Starship development has caught the attention of many across the world, particularly after the spectacular flights of SN8 and SN9, both of which ticked multiple objectives for the vehicle and its radical

4,300 Employees Signed Up for a COVID-19 Antibody Study at SpaceX

February 21, 2021
Kirsten Markley
2 min Read

The Wall Street Journal reports that Elon Musk has set up a COVID-19 antibody study at SpaceX. 4,300 SpaceX employees have signed up and a group has been tested for COVID antibodies. The results have been made public in

Tesla Cuts Model 3 and Model Y Prices

February 21, 2021
Kirsten Markley
3 min Read

Tesla has recently lowered the price on cheaper models like the Model 3 and the Model Y but they have increased the price of performance variants. Comparing the standard and performance range of the Model Y, the price

Falcon 9 Booster Lost For The First Time In Nearly A Year – What Happened And What Does This Mean?

February 16, 2021
Leo B
4 min Read

What Happened? On February 15 at 10:59 EST, a Falcon 9 Block 5 launched from Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral for the Starlink L-19 mission. As always with these missions, the vehicle was carrying 60

Falcon Heavy Is Making A Glorious Return

February 11, 2021
Leo B
3 min Read

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is the most powerful launcher on the market today. Capable of lifting over 60 tons to low-Earth orbit, it first debuted in February 2018 launching Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster into space, on

Miami Might Get a Boring Tunnel for $30 Million

February 10, 2021
Kirsten Markley
2 min Read

On Friday, Miami Mayor, Francis Suarez, shared some details about his ‘wonderful’ phone call with Elon Musk about a two-mile tunnel. What would normally be around $1 billion for this kind of project, Musk told Suarez that the Boring…

SpaceX Continues to Press Ahead Onto SN10 at Astonishing Pace

February 8, 2021
Leo B
4 min Read

Starship SN9 had its long-anticipated 10km test flight on February 2 2021 , resulting in the completion of numerous test objectives, but the eventual destruction of the prototype during its failed landing attempt.