Tag: SpaceX Starship
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SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos
SpaceX’s Starship SN8 prototype fires its engines for liftoff from its Texas launch pad. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery crash, the performance was impressive enough to draw congratulations from Jeff Bezos, who’s locked in a multibillion-dollar rivalry with…
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Another Starship super-rocket prototype blows up on SpaceX’s test pad in Texas
Starship SN4, the latest in a series of prototypes for SpaceX’s super-rocket, exploded in a huge fireball today just after a static-fire test at the company’s South Texas facility. Four other prototypes have been built and tested at the Boca Chica site over the course of the past six months. Starship Mk1 blew its top…
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NASA puts Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX on the list for lunar lander development program
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, equipped with an ascent module built by Lockheed Martin. (Blue Origin Illustration via NASA) NASA has selected teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX to develop lunar landing systems capable of putting astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024. “We want to be…
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SpaceX prints out a preview of super-sized Starship’s capabilities in users guide
SpaceX provided details about the expected capabilities of its fully reusable Starship super-heavy-lift launch system in a payload users guide that was issued online today. Starship and its Super Heavy booster are still in their early stages of development — primarily at SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch complex in south Texas, where a new round of…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says there’s nothing to fear from Starlink broadband satellites (and no spin-out)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk discusses Starlink and Starship during a fireside chat at the Satellite 2000 conference. (Via Satellite / Access Intelligence via YouTube) Will SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite constellation ruin astronomy? Will it threaten the telecom industry? Will SpaceX spin out Starlink anytime soon? SpaceX’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, answered all three questions today…
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SpaceX’s Starship SN1 prototype blows up during pressure test on its Texas pad
A prototype for SpaceX’s Starship super-rocket was destroyed tonight during a pressure test on its pad at the company’s South Texas facility. Streaming video from Boca Chica showed the silo-shaped tank assembly for the prototype known as Starship SN1 wreathed in light and vapor during the test, which was conducted with inert liquid nitrogen. At…
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SpaceX reportedly seeking to raise $250M as Starlink and Starship efforts ramp up
SpaceX workers build a nose cone for a Starship prototype spaceship in Texas. (Elon Musk via Twitter) SpaceX is seeking to bring in about $250 million in new investment during a funding round that’s still underway, amid a burst of activity related to the company’s Starlink satellites and Starship super-rocket, CNBC reports. CNBC quotes unnamed…
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Japanese billionaire pulls out of moonshot dating TV project and apologizes to 27,722 women
Japanese billionaire space enthusiast Yusaku Maezawa has broken up with AbemaTV, which was working on a reality-TV dating show focusing on his planned trip around the moon. (Yusaku Maezawa via Twitter) It’s not you, it’s me: That’s basically what Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is saying about his decision to end participation in a reality-TV matchmaking…
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa signs on for reality-TV dating game with moon trip as the prize
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa tweeted a casting call for a woman to go on a round-the-moon trip with him, for a streaming-video documentary. (Yusaku Maezawa via Twitter) What do you get when you cross “The Bachelor” with “Survivor,” and then throw in a round-the-moon trip? You might get the reality-TV project that Japanese billionaire Yusaku…
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SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 prototype rocket blows its top at Texas test launch site
SpaceX’s prototype for a Starship meant for trips to the moon and Mars suffered an eruption today on its South Texas launch pad, putting a dent in SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s ambitious schedule for flight tests. Clouds of vapor issued explosively from the 165-foot-tall rocket’s top during a pressurization test, apparently because of a rupture…