SpaceX

SpaceX launched a high-altitude Starship prototype rocket and successfully landed it for the first time on Wednesday, overcoming a key challenge in Elon Musk’s whirlwind quest to build a fully reusable Mars rocket. Musk has said the SN15 rocket contained “hundreds of design improvements” over past high-altitude prototypes, which were…

SpaceX’s anticipated launch of the Starship SN15 has wrapped up and was largely a success. This was a milestone moment for SpaceX, which has watched past Starship prototypes explode during various states of launch and landing, paving the way for a reusable rocket to Mars. As with past launches, SpaceX…

SpaceX achieved the first soft landing of its Starship spacecraft after a highly anticipated test flight on Thursday, in a major milestone for the project. SpaceX engineers endured a nervous wait as remotely operated water hoses fought a three-storey tall methane blaze that licked up the side of the stainless…

By Jack Morse2021-05-05 23:11:38 UTC Fifteenth time's the charm, it would seem.  Late Wednesday afternoon SpaceX's Starship SN15 successfully completed its high-altitude flight test, and, crucially, landed afterward in one piece in Boca Chica, Texas.  "Starship landing nominal!" exclaimed SpaceX founder Elon Musk.  Starship landing nominal! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)…

Explosion-free — Given that it's meant to be the basis for a lunar lander, landing it is good. John Timmer - May 5, 2021 10:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Starship SN15 descending back to Texas under two of its three upgraded raptor engines. Successful landing! By now, many readers are…

Saturday night's undocking left seven people at the space station, four of whom arrived a week ago via SpaceX Topics SpaceX | International Space Station AP  |  Cape Canaveral (US)  Last Updated at May 3, 2021 00:07 IST SpaceX returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending…

Four astronauts returned from the International Space Station early Sunday morning aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico nearly six months after arriving at the orbital laboratory in November last year as the first operational, long-duration crew under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Mike…

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first US crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 am (local time), ending the second…

MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer May 1, 2021Updated: May 3, 2021 6:29 p.m. 1of3This image from video provided by NASA shows the SpaceX capsule as it departs the International Space Station, Saturday, May 1, 2021. A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare…