There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch, “abort” and “scrub.” As Starship’s orbital test flight gets closer, it may take multiple attempts to get Booster 7 and Ship 24 off the ground. If so, it wouldn’t be the first super-heavy launch vehicle to experience issues before and/or during flight. Here’s a look at some of the aborts across history, some of which could happen during a Starship launch attempt.
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, which launched Expedition 68 crewmembers Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin,…
Making its first military launch since November, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket has deployed Kosmos 2567 –…
At 23:13 UTC on March 12, Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur…
The Crew-5 astronauts returned to Earth on the evening of Saturday, March 11, after spending…
The Crew-6 astronauts lifted off onboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour atop a Falcon 9 rocket…
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, docked an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station…
Roscosmos’ latest Progress resupply craft has docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of…
At 09:12 UTC on Feb. 5, 2023, a Proton-M launched from Site 81/24 at the…
In the new year, Russia plans to launch its first probe to the Moon since…
2022 has marked another busy chapter for the International Space Station (ISS). Along with its…
A planned spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on the evening of Dec. 14 involving…
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket was launched from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Dec.…
At 15:17 UTC on Nov. 28, a Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/3 at the Plesetsk…
In low Earth orbit (LEO) this week, NASA, Roscosmos, and the China National Space Administration…
October 2022 was once again a busy month aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Several…
At 06:48 UTC on Nov. 2, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome,…
Roscosmos launched Progress MS-21 atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at…
Four Russian satellites have made their way into orbit, including an experimental mission that could…
At 19:20 UTC on Oct. 21, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk…
