Three weeks after Flight 6, SpaceX has static fired Booster 14 and rolled Ship 33 to Masseys to complete its own engine testing. Once both vehicles are tested, SpaceX will begin the final drive to Flight 7, potentially launching in January.
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CommercialSpaceX
Successful Static Fire Leads to Final Preparation Before Full Stack
by Aaron McCreaActivities at Starbase are on full throttle as Starship flight five pulls ever closer. Major…
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After Hurricane Beryl passed the Brownsville area without seriously damaging Starbase, preparations for Starship Flight…
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SpaceX preparations for flight 5 of Starship continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat…
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ChineseInternational
China Roundup: Tianlong-3 static fire anomaly, Chang’e 6 sample return, and next-generation rockets
by Adrian BeilThroughout the last few weeks, several events in Chinese spaceflight have created international headlines. After…
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CommercialEuropeanInternational
RFA static fires at SaxaVord Spaceport as other UK spaceports continue to develop
by John SharpRocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), from Augsburg, Germany, appears to have made a significant step toward…
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SpaceX has rolled out Ship 30 to complete its engine testing campaign and has completed…
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SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 9 prototype has completed its pre-launch static fire test. This follows…
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Booster 9 has arrived at the Orbital Launch Site ahead of a Static Fire test,…
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Booster 7 resumed its static fire test campaign Monday with a full-duration firing of 14…
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A fully stacked Starship is still set to conduct the next round of tests for…
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Booster 7 – following two single-engine static fire tests on the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM)…
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It was December 29 of last year when Ship 20 performed its fourth and final…
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SpaceX has entered the next phase of preparations to send Starship to orbit. Following the…
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SpaceX’s Starbase is heading into its latest phase of milestones for Starship, with the high…
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CommercialSpaceX
Ship 20 completes milestone RVac Static Fire – Musk cites ambitious path to launch
by Chris BerginShip 20 completed another milestone with Static Fire testing on Thursday evening. Following a preburner…
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The new Raptor factory is now rising out of the ground at SpaceX’s Rocket Development…
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Despite the lack of hops over recent months, SpaceX Starbase continues to be a hive…
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SpaceX is readying for the first static firing of Raptor engines connected to the base…
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Artemis
NASA, Boeing reviewing terabytes of SLS Core Stage data from full-duration Green Run static fire
by Philip SlossNASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program, Core Stage prime contractor Boeing, and RS-25 prime contractor…