But that didn’t solve the problem. Once again, Starship’s engines cut off too early, and the rocket broke apart before […]
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
SpaceX’s plan to turn Starbase into Texas’ newest city won the approval of voters—err, employees. A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental […]
FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase
Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got […]
SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s […]
What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX?
SpaceX has long had a hard-charging culture. Is it now charging too hard? File photo of a Falcon 9 launch […]
The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
The flight plan going into Thursday’s mission called for sending Starship on a journey halfway around the world from Texas, […]
SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship’s eighth test flight as soon as Monday. Ship 34, destined to launch […]
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab’s news blitz; Starship mishap blamed on vibrations
One Falcon 9 launched an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, an asteroid prospector, and a NASA science probe. Peter Beck, Rocket […]
Mere weeks after Starship’s breakup, the vehicle may soon fly again
A little over a month after SpaceX’s large Starship launch ended in an explosion over several Caribbean islands, the company […]
Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Vast’s schedule for deploying a mini-space station in low-Earth orbit was always ambitious. A stack of 21 Starlink internet satellites […]