Elon Musk on Sunday envisioned uncrewed Starships flying to Mars in 2 years and crewed Starships in about 4 years.
Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?
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 ...
They saw cracks in the craft's heat shield and divots in ... with the Orion capsule in lunar orbit. SpaceX's design is based on the company's powerful Starship rocket, which outclasses the SLS ...
SpaceX and the Starship program had an amazing and eventful year, with four test flights, a booster catch, the construction of Starfactory, finishing Mega Bay 2, which has started to speed up ...
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 ...
The agency in recent months has taken heat from SpaceX and U.S. lawmakers for ... Previously, exceptions covered failure of Starship’s thermal shield during high heating, its flap system during ...
HUMANS have already reached the Moon – and Mars seems like the obvious next step. But how will we get there? There are ...
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 is pulling out all the stops ... "The biggest technology challenge remaining for Starship is a fully & immediately reusable heat shield," he tweeted last month. "Being able to land the ...