The Inspiration4 crew for SpaceX and Shift4’s all-civilian mission is now complete. The mission’s final two members were revealed on Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Falcon 9 rocket carrying Inspiration4’s Crew Dragon capsule is expected to launch later this year. Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and educator working for…
SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, marking the company’s ninth launch (and eighth rocket landing) this year. With Starlink V1 L22 set to be SpaceX’s final (orbital) launch of the quarter, the company is on track to complete 36 launches this year if it can replicate the feat…
Elon Musk’s Starlink appears to be in line for additional funding as part of the United Kingdom’s proposed $6.9 billion internet infrastructure initiative, “Project Gigabit.” According to a person familiar with the matter, UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman met with Starlink leadership as part of ongoing talks about Project Gigabit, according to CNBC.…
Though it often falls under the radar relative to SpaceX’s high-profile Boca Chica Starship hub, another even more important Texas outpost appears to be busier than ever testing the rocket engines and boosters instrumental to all SpaceX operations. Famous for occasionally supporting half a dozen or more rocket tests on busy days, SpaceX’s McGregor, Texas facilities showed…
SpaceX has published a new 4K video recapping Starship’s first intact landing after a high-altitude launch right as the company is preparing the next ship for flight. On March 3rd, Starship serial number 10 (SN10) briefly became the first prototype to successfully launch to 10 km (6.2 mi), ‘skydive’ back to Earth, flip around, and…
Elon Musk, in what has become a tradition, took to Twitter to clarify the outcome of SpaceX’s new Starship launch and landing attempt in greater detail. This time, Musk’s debriefing comes after SpaceX’s Starship serial number 10 (SN10) made history by being the first prototype of its kind to land in one piece – a…
After new official Starship renders appeared to include the first view of an upgraded landing leg design, a SpaceX fan and digital artist took it upon themselves to sketch out what those new rocket legs might look like. For almost a full year, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been talking about a need for upgraded…
In a classically spectacular fashion, a SpaceX Starship prototype has successfully touched down in one piece for the first time ever, only to explode minutes later after catching itself on fire. Rolled from SpaceX Boca Chica Starship factory to test and launch facilities just a mile down the road on January 28th, Starship SN10 lifted…
In a new media blitz, Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa (‘MZ’) has reentered the spotlight with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to update the public on their DearMoon initiative. Unveiled in September 2018, Maezawa’s DearMoon project was founded with the intention of returning humankind to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Program ended in…
With FAA approval in hand, weather rapidly improving, and the latest rocket prototype seemingly rearing to go, the stars are aligning for SpaceX’s third high-altitude Starship launch and first triple-engine landing attempt. As of March 1st, publicly-available FAA “temporary flight restrictions” (TFRs) and weather forecasts both agree that SpaceX is currently preparing to launch Starship…