SpaceX continues to improve the design of the Starship heat shield and has added small tanks to help with the engine restart. The new designs were covered by Felix Schlang at What About It? Brian Wang ...
The regulator issued a modified launch and reentry license that allows launching multiple flights under the vehicle’s Flight ...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the delays are needed to revise the Orion crew capsule's re-entry trajectory to reduce stress and prevent the sort of unexpected heat shield damage seen after ...
HUMANS have already reached the Moon – and Mars seems like the obvious next step. But how will we get there? There are ...
Breaking Things There's always something you can learn from failure. Sometimes failure looks like your rocket blowing up ...
The stunning spectacle — part of a test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed — was a moment many viewers witnessed via live stream and broadcast.
SpaceX has moved a big step closer to the seventh test flight of its enormous Starship rocket after receiving clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week. The FAA’s award ...
Regulators have given SpaceX the go-ahead to launch Starship for the seventh time ... during the landing burn or damage to the thermal shield or flap system on the vehicle. These “test-induced ...
It was a phenomenal year for Elon Musk and SpaceX, as apart from its massive expansion of the Starlink internet satellites, the company also saw significant successes with its Starship program ...
In the case of SpaceX, that means retrieving the watery remains of said rocket, Starship, to determine ... of the spacecraft's hardware, including heat shield tiles and various tanks.