SpaceX Boca Chica is now transitioning towards the next launch campaign, with Starship SN9 expected to roll to the launch pad this week. There remains a slim chance SN9 will…
Continue ReadingCEO Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX is already well into the process of building an orbital-class Starship launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas. » Subscribe to Science Of Space! …
Continue ReadingSpaceX remains focused on Starship flight testing as the dust settles from SN8’s launch debut, the company continues to make slow but steady progress building the first Super Heavy booster…
Continue ReadingOn the 21st of December 2025, Spacex made history by landing their first falcon 9 booster back on land. After years of development and testing Spacex were one step closer…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s next completed Starship collapsed, causing the rocket to rapidly tilt sidewise and smash into the assembly building containing it. Instead, Starship SN9 – fully assembled and perhaps just a…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s first full-size Starship prototype came within a hair’s breadth of sticking the landing after an otherwise successful ~12.5 km hi (7.8 mi) launch debut. » Subscribe to Science Of…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s high-altitude Starship launch debut appears to have slipped to no earlier than (NET) Monday morning, December 7th, and been reduced from 15 km to 12.5 km. » Subscribe to Science…
Continue ReadingCEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX is set to attempt one final Raptor engine static fire test before putting Starship through its high-altitude launch debut later this week. » Subscribe…
Continue ReadingFollowing a slightly convoluted engine testing campaign, Starship SN8 is working through the final steps to finalize its pre-flight requirements, which included a triple Raptor Static Fire test on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingCEO Elon Musk has offered an explanation for SpaceX’s recent Starship static fire anomaly and says that an overview of the next-generation rocket development program will be delayed to account…
Continue ReadingFrom the 23nd Annual International Mars Society Convention, held as a Virtual Convention worldwide on the Internet from October 15-18, 2020. It was a historic and record event for the…
Continue ReadingAs established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of…
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