The head of Poland’s space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth test flight of the massive Starship rocket on Monday, which will include another attempt to catch its Super Heavy booster at the launchpad with mechanical ...
The rocket booster itself successfully navigated back to the launch pad, where SpaceX was able to catch it with giant mechanical arms known as chopsticks in a tough maneuver the space exploration ...
The Starship spacecraft, also known as the vehicle’s upper stage, is designed to ride to space atop a 71-meter-tall (232-foot-tall) rocket booster called Super Heavy. If the next launch attempt ...
Super Heavy rocket booster. After about 2 ½ minutes of firing, the Super Heavy booster separated as planned from the Starship’s upper stage, setting itself up for a successful landing within th ...
SpaceX postponed its eighth test of the hulking Starship rocket on Monday, following a flight controller hold placed due to a Super Heavy booster issue that wasn’t resolved in time for launch.
In that test, Starship’s mammoth booster, or the bottom of the rocket, successfully returned to the launchpad, but the upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated over the Caribbean, with some debris ...
Despite the booster mishap, SpaceX confirmed the successful deployment of all 21 Starlink satellites. This mission marked the 20th orbital rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast this year.
Despite Thursday's setback, SpaceX was able to complete its third return and catch of the rocket booster at the launch pad, but it did not complete a Starlink payload deployment test.