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 design. Overall, they were renowned successes, and created interest like I’ve never seen before in the spaceflight community. However, both vehicles failed
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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 Nature Communications where Elon Musk has been listed as one of the co-authors. Yahoo News writes
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 of the standard range is $39,990 while the performance variant is $60,990. The original price of the
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 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, increasing the constellation. Booster 1059 (B1059) was assigned to this mission, earning its
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 a truly historic test flight. Since then, the vehicle has only had two flights: Arabsat-6A in April 2019, and
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 Company can do it for just $30 million instead. In a video posted via Twitter, he
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. Liftoff occurred at 14:25 CST, powered by three Raptor engines, SN9 soared into the skies of Boca Chica, Texas, with millions of people
On February 4 2021, SpaceX launched the eighteenth Starlink mission (Starlink L-18) aboard their workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral. This mission sent a further 60 V1.0 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, bringing the total amount of orbiting Starlink satellites to 1,021. Every mission strengthens the Starlink constellation and pushes ever closer
Tesla has recalled 135,000 vehicles due to touch screen issues that could put drivers and passengers at risk. According to a government website, US safety regulators ordered a recall on January 13th. According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrote a letter to the company that Model X and Model S posed
After SN9’s test flight was scrubbed on Thursday, Elon Musk took to Twitter to share his grievances with the FAA saying its “fundamentally broken.” Unlike its aircraft division, which is fine, the FAA space division has a fundamentally broken regulatory structure. Their rules are meant for a handful of expendable launches per year from a
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