The Federal Aviation Administration will likely require an investigation into the accident. This screen grab from SpaceX’s live broadcast of […]
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Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
Iterate, iterate, and iterate some more The seventh test flight of Starship is scheduled for launch Thursday afternoon. SpaceX’s upgraded […]
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair the Firefly and ispace missions […]
SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?
• Shortest turnaround between two Falcon 9 launches from different pads: 1 hour, 5 minutes (August 31, 2024) • Shortest time with […]
Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
We’re just a few days away from getting a double-dose of heavy-lift rocket action. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic rocket plane will […]
China orbits first Guowang Internet satellites, with thousands more to come
While there are open questions about how China will use its satellite megaconstellations, their deployment will require a significant increase […]