The sixth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest rocket, was successfully conducted on November 19. The 400-foot (122 metres) rocket, developed by Elon Musk’s private space company, lifted off at 5:00 pm EST from the Starbase facility in South Texas. Despite high anticipation for a repeat of its previous booster catch using the…
SpaceX achieved new feats during the sixth major test launch of its Starship system but nixed an eagerly anticipated midair “catch” of the rocket’s booster as President-elect Donald Trump looked on in South Texas. SpaceX’s launch system, comprised of the booster and Starship upper spacecraft, cleared the tower shortly after 4 p.m. local time on…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully completed its sixth flight test of the Starship spacecraft on Wednesday. The uncrewed mission, launched from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas, saw the Starship spacecraft achieve a suborbital trajectory before reentering over the Indian Ocean, while the Super Heavy booster executed a planned ocean splashdown. “Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX…
SpaceX is slated to launch its gargantuan Starship rocket on Tuesday out of South Texas, a key test that is expected to include a guest visit from President-elect Donald Trump. The sixth major test mission comes as SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is heavily engaged in transition planning for Trump’s second administration. Musk, who…
