SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket during a test flight on Thursday, minutes after liftoff, leaving the spacecraft’s fate uncertain. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket blasted off from Texas shortly before sunset, marking another attempt after a previous test ended in an explosion nearly two months ago.While SpaceX successfully recovered the first-stage booster using massive…
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, recently shared a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) reflecting on the company’s remarkable journey since its inception in 2002. The post, titled “How it started vs How it’s going,” features two contrasting images: one from the early days of SpaceX, showing Musk working in a cluttered lab…
SpaceX aborted a crucial booster catch attempt on Tuesday during the sixth test of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, despite achieving this feat weeks earlier. The mission, however, achieved several new objectives during its hour-long journey.The Starship system, standing at nearly 400 feet (121 metres), launched at approximately 5 pm ET from SpaceX’s Starbase…
Tesla CEO and department of government efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk on Tuesday hosted the US President-elect Donald Trump at SpaceX‘s South Texas facility near the Mexican border. Trump observed attentively as Musk, using a model, explained the test procedures for the Starship rocket launch. The president-elect then watched the lift-off under the bright sunlight.The…
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lifts off from Starbase for a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas (Pic credit: AP) SpaceX achieved a significant milestone by successfully launching its colossal Starship rocket and catching the returning booster using mechanical arms at the launch pad on Sunday. The empty Starship, standing nearly 400…
Elon Musk announced on Sunday that SpaceX is preparing to launch around five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars over the next two years.In a post on social media platform X, Musk confirmed the timeline, saying that these missions will coincide with the next Earth-Mars transfer window, set to open in two years.“No matter what happens…
SpaceX is preparing to launch its first Starships to Mars in 2026, as announced by CEO Elon Musk in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter). These initial missions, scheduled to coincide with the next Earth-Mars transfer window, will be uncrewed and aimed at testing the reliability of landing on the Red Planet.Musk outlined the…
