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Watch SpaceX fire up its Starship rocket ahead of next high-altitude flight SpaceX

Watch SpaceX fire up its Starship rocket ahead of next high-altitude flight

SpaceX is gearing up for the second high-altitude flight test of its next-generation Starship rocket. As part of preflight preparations, the commercial space transportation company fired up the SN9 prototype’s three Raptor engines a total of three times at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon. With SN9…
bubmag
January 14, 2021
French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station SpaceX

French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight NowA SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged…
bubmag
January 14, 2021
Next high-flying SpaceX Starship test could blast off as soon as Wednesday SpaceX

Next high-flying SpaceX Starship test could blast off as soon as Wednesday

This is just the nose of Starship SN8. Elon Musk SpaceX continues working toward another high-altitude test flight of its next-generation spaceflight system. The latest prototype of Elon Musk's Starship, which is identified by the serial number SN9, underwent a series of three static test fires on Wednesday, Jan. 13.…
bubmag
January 13, 2021
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon cargo ship departure from space station postponed because of weather SpaceX

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon cargo ship departure from space station postponed because of weather

The departure of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon from the International Space Station was postponed on Monday morning because of weather in the splashdown zone off the east coast of Florida. The uncrewed spacecraft was initially scheduled to undock at 9:25 a.m. ET. but was pushed back to 10 a.m. ET on account of…
bubmag
January 11, 2021