Providing a backdrop to Elon Musk’s long-awaited Starship update, Booster 4 and Ship 20 have been fully stacked at the Orbital Launch Site. Booster 4 was lifted onto the Mount on Sunday, ahead of the use of the Mechazilla chopsticks to stack Ship 20 on Wednesday night. Musk is set to present the latest updates on the Starship program on Thursday.
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Super Heavy Booster 4 has returned to the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM), this time for…
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With Booster 4 and Ship 20 reunited at the launch site, both vehicles will undergo…
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Repaired SpaceX booster returns to action on Starlink Group 4-23
by Lee KanayamaSpaceX has launched its 56th Starlink mission, Group 4-23, taking flight aboard a flight-proven Falcon…
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The recent focus at Starbase has been Booster 7 and Ship 24. Booster 7 appears…
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SpaceX has launched its twentieth Falcon 9 rocket of the year with a batch of…
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SpaceX launched Luxembourg’s first military spacecraft on Wednesday, with a flight-proven Falcon 9 carrying the…
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A redesign to the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Thrust Vector Control (TVC) Auxiliary Power Unit…
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Another Starship flight is in the books after a flawless countdown and waiting through the…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions
by Martin SmithBlue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed…
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SpaceX’s record-breaking streak of successful launches and landings ended during the third quarter of 2024,…
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Flight 5 Ship 30 and Booster 12 lifted off at 7:25 am Central Time on…
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Launch Roundup: Starship flies, booster caught
by John SharpSpaceX flew the Starship-Super Heavy on Sunday, Oct. 13. This was the fifth test flight…
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Polaris Dawn on hold; SpaceX booster fails on landing
by Aaron McCreaAnother busy week of spaceflight activities contained a landing failure of a Falcon 9 booster…
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Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled
The second full week of August is another busy one, with five flights scheduled including…
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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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Launch Roundup: Second half of 2024 begins with more launches from front runners US & China
by Martin SmithMoving into the second half of 2024, the first week of July began with the…
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Following the highly successful milestones achieved by Booster 11 and Ship 29 on Flight 4…
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Over the past few months, Blue Origin has been busy progressing on many of its…