SpaceX’s technicians and engineers have been carrying out comprehensive engine tests on its next Starship rocket and there had been reports that a May launch of Test Flight #9 would be delayed. Local rumours now suggest that the pessimists were wrong, and that a flight on May 19th or possibly May 20th was now possible. […]

There’s no firm date for Starship #9 to launch as yet following the partly successful Flight #8 in March, but engineers and technicians are busy at the Boca Chica launch site in South Texas in preparation. But there’s a potential problem which could cause a delay to an expected late-May test flight. SpaceX shipped the […]

SpaceX has said that its next test flight of its massive Starship will be the ninth and will use Ship 35 and Booster 14 on this test flight. A specific date for the flight has not yet been publicly released, but extensive testing of the vehicle’s rocket engines has taken place over the past week […]

SpaceX enjoyed partial success for its Starship test #8 on the evening of March 6th. The rocket’s booster (first) stage performed flawlessly and enjoyed a perfect return to Earth and being captured by the sites ‘chopsticks’. However, the upper stage Starship exploded mid-flight. The SpaceX mishap halted some flights from Florida’s busiest airports for “falling […]

The launch of two giant rockets will take place over the next few days. February 28th will see Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch its massive Starship rocket on its eighth test flight from its South Texas launch site. Meanwhile, in French Guiana, Arianespace’s new Ariane 6 rocket is now scheduled to launch its first commercial flight […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not happy with last week’s problem with Elon Musk’s Starship rocket which exploded over the Turks & Caicos Islands. The FAA has grounded future flights pending a detailed explanation and examination of the flight’s data. There are numerous reports and images of pieces of the rocket, especially its heat-resistant […]

SpaceX lost a Starship on its seventh test flight in a fiery explosion over the Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. However, the rocket’s booster was successfully captured back at the launch site by the Texas pad’s ‘chopsticks’. Launch was at 5.37pm Texas time on January 16th. SpaceX said: “Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled […]

SpaceX’s giant 400 ft tall Starship will make a sixth test flight on November 19th, subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical checks. The fifth flight saw the ‘super heavy’ booster stage captured by a pair of ‘chopsticks’ upon its return to Earth at Elon Musk’s Starbase. The next Starship flight test aims to […]

SpaceX successfully launched its Test flight #4 of its giant Starship rocket on June 6th. The upper stage of the world’s most powerful vehicle made its way on track to a controlled soft-splashdown in the Indian ocean. While this was the fourth test flight, it was the first not to suffer any sort of mishap […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt the fourth test flight of its massive Starship rocket on June 6th. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its permission for the flight on June 4th. The FAA authorisation was modified from previous Starship flights, and the end result is that future launches will find an easier route to flight. […]