Above: Starship achieves hot-stage separation in space during its 7th test flight. Credit: SpaceX Starship’s 7th test flight on Jan. 16 was fraught with both success and failure. The launch began as planned, with the mega-rocket lifting off from Starbase in Texas just...
SpaceX’s Starship blasts into space during its sixth test flight on Nov. 19, 2024. Another incredible Starship test is in the books! On Tuesday, Nov. 19, SpaceX launched the sixth trial flight of Starship into space, pushing the spacecraft to its limits with an...
The Starship booster rocket, Super Heavy, returns to the ground via two robotic “chopstick” arms on the launch tower. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has succeeded in its most ambitious test flight of Starship yet, sticking the launch and landing of the...
Space-X’s Starship and Super Heavy booster Awaiting launch SpaceX launched its anticipated third Starship test flight on March 14, reaching orbital velocity for the first time and taking a significant step closer to proving the readiness of its mega-rocket as a...
Image credit: SpaceX The largest and most powerful rocket ever built embarked on its second launch attempt on Nov. 18—an experiment that came to an explosive end but ultimately was hailed as a success. SpaceX’s Starship stayed airborne roughly twice as long as...
