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SpaceX Starship SN11 Fails After Landing Engine Start Brian Wang | March 30, 2021 | SpaceX Starship SN11 had a test flight and had an engine problem. Looks like engine 2 had issues on ascent & didn’t reach operating chamber pressure during landing burn, but, in theory, it wasn’t needed.…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats Tuesday with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize. The new passengers: Sian Proctor, a community college educator in Tempe, Arizona, and Chris Sembroski,…

Currently, a SpaceX Crewcut Dragon capsule called Resilience is docked with the ISS. The capsule has been docked with the space station since launching last November. Recently, an issue with the capsule sounded some alarms mistakenly that likely gave the crew aboard the space station quite a frightening experience. According…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Friday and Monday after delays. SpaceX’s Starship SN11 test rocket at Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceXSpaceX scrubbed the launch of its next Starship test rocket Friday afternoon, and the the next opportunity for the atmospheric test flight is now expected Tuesday. SpaceX plans to launch and land the…

SpaceX Has Stacked Super Heavy BN-1, SN-11 Launch Target is Friday Brian Wang | March 24, 2021 | The SN-11 SpaceX Starship prototype is prepping for a Friday launch. The SN10 was able complete its 10-kilometer flight and returned and landed. However, the SN10 landing was too hard and it…

SpaceX Successfully Launched Starlink-22 Mission Brian Wang | March 24, 2021 | SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink satellites. SpaceX had about 1,320 Starlink satellites still in orbit. By April, 2021, SpaceX will have deployed the first shell of 1440 satellites. First: 1,440 in a 550 km (340 mi) altitude shell…

Home News Spaceflight Update for 5 a.m. EDT: SpaceX has successfully launched its latest Starlink satellites into orbit. See the launch video and our full story. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will launch its next fleet of Starlink satellites into orbit for the company's broadband megaconstellation Wednesday (March 24), and…

In 2014, Arianespace had 60% of commercial launch but they were passed by SpaceX in launch market share in 2017. Paris and Rome have created a “working group on the future of European launchers” which will deliver conclusions in September. SpaceX was third place in number of launches in 2014…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX just fired up its latest Starship prototype, keeping the vehicle on track for a high-altitude test flight this week. The three Raptor engines of Starship SN11 ("Serial No. 11") ignited briefly today (March 22) at 9:56 a.m. EDT (1356 GMT) during a static fire test at…

SpaceX Starship will be a fully reusable rocket. It will be able to fly 6000-8000 miles on Earth which is the same as long-range commercial passenger planes. It will do this in a single stage. It will remain a fully re-used one-piece vehicle. However, SpaceX Starship will be 25 times…