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SpaceX prototype blows its top during ground test mishap

Image copyrightYouTube: LabPadre/Maria POINTER @Bocachicamaria1Image caption The rupture was caught on camera and shared on social media SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype experienced a major failure during pressurisation testing on Wednesday. A video fro…

SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 prototype encountered an explosive failure during early testing in Texas on Wednesday you can see exactly what happened in the video below, but basically it blew its lid during cryogenic testing a standard test that you use to see if the…

Starship Mk1 experienced a bit of rapid disassembly. LabPadre/Screenshot by CNET It looks as though a little re-assembly may be required on the biggest prototype yet of Elon Musk's Mars Starship.  The early version of the next generation SpaceX rocket appe…

Image: NASA / SpaceX Last week, SpaceX fired up the engines on its new passenger spacecraft, the Crew Dragon, during a ground test, and now, you can watch the fiery show in all its slow-motion glory. Today, NASA released footage from the test, marking the lat…

Astronomers at a Chilean observatory were rudely interrupted earlier this week when a SpaceX satellite train consisting of 60 Starlink satellites drifted overhead, in what scientists are apparently going to have to accept as the new normal. Launched into or…

Spotting satellites from the ground is a popular pastime among amateur astronomers. Typically, the ISS and Iridium satellites have been common sightings, with their orbits and design causing them to appear sufficiently bright in the sky. More recently, SpaceX…

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By Donna Lu Starlink satellites trail across images from DECam Cliff Johnson, Clara Martínez-Vázquez, DELVE Survey Elon Musks SpaceX interfered with astronomy again, a few days after its second batch of Starlink satellites were launched. SpaceX launched 6…

To be fair, China's space launch program has not been without hiccups. The country's space program is still trying to bring its large Long March 5 vehicle back into service after a catastrophic failure during just its second mission, in July 2017. And the cou…