After months of testing, booms, and scrubs, a giant grain silo-looking rocket took its first leap from the beaches of South Texas, and it was done by none other than Starship. This 150-meter hop took place 11 months after Starhopper’s experimental flight and was vital to test the technology of Starship, more specifically the methane-powered
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02These last few weeks may have been uneventful for SpaceX fans as satellite launches and Starship testing kept getting postponed. Thankfully to cheer us up, plenty of Starlink news has recently been revealed. Over the course of July 13 and 14, SpaceX sent out emails to those who applied for Starlink public beta testing, asking
03On the beautiful morning of June 13, SpaceX sends yet another batch of their in-house satellites, Starlink. This mission was the company’s third launch in just two weeks and its 10th launch this year. However, this launch had multiple firsts for SpaceX. First of all, yesterday’s launch did not perform a static fire beforehand. The
04Although Starship SN4 suffered a dramatic explosion during testing a week ago, SpaceX does not have any intentions of slowing Starship development with SN5 and SN6 in its final stages of development and parts of SN7 have also been spotted at the SpaceX Boca Chica facility. Progress on StarShip SN5 & SN6 are rapidly nearing
05A decade of work with the Commercial Crew Program just culminated today. For the first time since the Space Shuttle retirement, American Astronauts lifted off from an American rocket from American soil. Today’s mission proved that a private company cannot only send humans to space but also that reusable rockets are viable. This is truly
06As nine years of work boils down to next Wednesday, May 27, space enthusiasts from all around the world start to prepare for the most important launch in the past decade. SpaceX will demonstrate their Crew Dragon capability by launching American astronauts, Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station as a partnership
07On Sunday, April 26, SpaceX proved that four is the company’s lucky number as the long-awaited cryogenic proof test for Starship SN4 occurred, and for the first time in the Starship history, the test resulted in success. SN4 passed cryo proof! ? pic.twitter.com/EJakThZRGF — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2020 The cryogenic proof test
08After SN3 suffered a testing anomaly a week ago, SpaceX immediately began preparing the next iteration of Starship, SN4. In just over a week, the SpaceX Boca Chica facility fully stacked the rings for the propellant section of SN4, while SN3’s nose cone remains sitting on the facility grounds, which may or may not be
09On a foggy day on the beaches of Texas, SpaceX rolls out its much-awaited new and third Starship test article, SN3. With only its propellant tanks and engine bay stacked, SN3 was hoisted onto its launch mount in preparation for pressure tests and a potential short flight. Starship (formally known as BFR) is SpaceX’s in-development
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Toby Li is an avid EV and human spaceflight enthusiast. He is pursuing aerospace engineering in the hopes of someday becoming a future Martian.
