SpaceX Starship Flight 6: No Booster Catch But Continues to Push the Envelope
Starship reignites one of its six Raptor engines on orbit for the first time, demonstrating a capability that will come into play during future missions.
Starship reignites one of its six Raptor engines on orbit for the first time, demonstrating a capability that will come into play during future missions.
It would mark the company’s ninth human spaceflight with its New Shepard rocket, which has flown 43 paying customers and guests to the edge of space.
Largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly could lift off on its sixth test flight as early as Monday at 5 p.m. EST.
Private companies launched or landed on U.S. soil 148 times in fiscal year 2024, a 30 percent increase year over year.
NASA in June tapped the company to build the U.S. deorbit vehicle (DV) that will return the orbital laboratory to Earth in pieces at the end of the decade.
Space agency flatly denies speculation about the Boeing Starliner crewmember’s ‘gaunt’ look, driven by recent photos.
Sixth test flight of the largest rocket to ever fly will feature another attempt at catching the Super Heavy booster and returning it to the launchpad.
Mission scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday morning EST will serve a classified commercial customer.
Report alleges the SpaceX CEO and Russian president have been in regular contact since late 2022.
Following splashdown, crewmembers were flown to a local hospital, where one remains in ‘stable condition,’ NASA says.