Following the successes of Flight Four in early June, SpaceX is preparing Ship 30 and Booster 12 ready for Flight Five ahead of a launch later this summer. All this is taking place while an incredible amount of infrastructure is being created and worked on at Starbase, including the new office building and the beginning of a second tower.
"Hopper"
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Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth…
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SpaceX has launched the EarthCARE climate research satellite for ESA and JAXA
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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SpaceX is gearing up for Flight 4. The start of full stack testing on Thursday…
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China Roundup: ZhuQue-3 moves left, Tianlong-3 gets engines, and Chang Zheng rockets launch
by Adrian BeilChina’s upcoming and already operational startup aerospace companies are showing significant progress as of late.…
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China Roundup: Chinese Moon plans, commercial company updates, and Wenchang commercial pad
by Adrian BeilChina provided several updates to its lunar exploration plans, while private companies like LandSpace and…
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Stoke Space continues to test reusable second stage, looks ahead to full rocket
by John SharpStoke Space recently carried out the first test of the full-size 30-thruster version of the…
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China’s 2023: closing out a busy year amidst preparations for lunar missions
by Adrian BeilFollowing China’s impressive 2022, the country once again managed to launch over 60 times in…
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Chinese spaceplane takes flight again; iSpace and LandSpace prepare to hop
by Adrian BeilChina is aiming for a strong finish to 2023, with several high-profile launches happening in…
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Europe has just completed the first successful hot-fire test of its reusable Prometheus engine integrated…
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Starbase continues to find itself in the midst of preparing for the next test flight…
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The most powerful rocket in history launched on its second attempt Thursday, the first major…
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The Starship test program has hit the ground running in 2023, with the full-stack partnership…
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The NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is on the verge of flying its…
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SpaceX continues to make progress with its orbital test flight duo, with Ship 24 completing…
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It’s been a whole year since the last launch out of Starbase, Texas – as…
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Future vehicles are continuing to take shape in what appears to be a multi-flow of…
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SpaceX Chief Designer Elon Musk has provided the first overview for the Starship Program since…
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Themis tanking test marks milestone in ESA’s path to reusability
by Adrian BeilThe ESA (European Space Agency) has taken a major step towards developing reusable rockets with…
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SpaceX’s engine testing facility on 4,300 acres of land in McGregor, Texas, just south of…