• Shortest turnaround between two Falcon 9 launches from different pads: 1 hour, 5 minutes (August 31, 2024) • Shortest time with […]
Category: spacex
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 […]
A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly
Starship will test its payload deployment mechanism on its seventh test flight. SpaceX’s first second-generation Starship, known as Version 2 […]
Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network
Developed by the European Union and European Space Agency, with Italian participation, this constellation of 290 satellites is planned to […]
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
To a large extent, NASA resisted this change during the remainder of the Trump administration, keeping its core group of […]