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Starship brings the heat in fiery Flight 10 launch video from SpaceX

Starship brings the heat in fiery Flight 10 launch video from SpaceX

The world’s most powerful rocket aced a critical test launch this week, and the images from liftoff are stunning. Starship Flight 10 lifted off from SpaceX‘s Starbase site in South Texas on Tuesday evening (Aug. 26). The rocket met each of its objectives, ending a streak of subpar performance that had plagued the developing launch vehicle since the beginning of …

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With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse

With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse

As SpaceX’s Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones. Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company’s Starlink satellites but are nonetheless notable because they underscore the value of first-stage reuse, which SpaceX has pioneered over the last decade. The first milestone occurred on Wednesday …

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With Starship Flight 10, SpaceX prioritized resilience over perfection

With Starship Flight 10, SpaceX prioritized resilience over perfection

SpaceX has long marketed Starship as a fully and rapidly reusable rocket that’s designed to deliver thousands of pounds of cargo to Mars and make life multiplanetary. But reusability at scale means a space vehicle that can tolerate mishaps and faults, so that a single failure doesn’t spell a mission-ending catastrophe.   The 10th test flight on Tuesday evening demonstrated …

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Starship Mars rocket met ‘every major objective’ on epic Flight 10 test launch, SpaceX says

Starship Mars rocket met ‘every major objective’ on epic Flight 10 test launch, SpaceX says

The Starship megarocket passed its latest launch trial with flying colors, according to SpaceX. Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, launched from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug. 26), kicking off the vehicle’s 10th-ever test mission. Flight 10 was eventful and ambitious. Starship met the challenge, “taking a …

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Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Launch, Landing on Tuesday | Local News

Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Launch, Landing on Tuesday | Local News

What: Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: The 27-minute launch window opens at 11:53 a.m. Tuesday, according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities during the same time period Wednesday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. Landing: The first-stage booster, making its 27th flight, will return to Landing Zone 4, west …

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SpaceX Starship Deploys Satellites in Space During Key Test – Bloomberg.com

SpaceX Starship Deploys Satellites in Space During Key Test  Bloomberg.com SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight After Previous Launch Setbacks  The New York Times Video: SpaceX rocket launches after third attempt  CNN SpaceX’s Starship passes development rut, deploys first mock satellites  Reuters Starship deploys all payloads during 10th flight, splashes down in Indian Ocean  ValleyCentral.com Source link

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SpaceX launches giant Super Heavy-Starship rocket on critical test flight

SpaceX launches giant Super Heavy-Starship rocket on critical test flight

Running two days late, SpaceX finally launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday on a high-stakes return-to-flight after three catastrophic failures in a row earlier this year. The Super Heavy booster’s 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines flashed to life with a ground-shaking roar and a rush of flaming exhaust at 7:30 p.m. ET, majestically pushing the 40-story-tall rocket away from SpaceX’s …

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SpaceX Just Sent the ISS a New Way to Stay in Orbit

SpaceX Just Sent the ISS a New Way to Stay in Orbit

The International Space Station (ISS) has been in orbit for over 26 years, housing astronauts at an altitude of 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. But even at that distance, the space station can’t escape the drag of Earth’s atmosphere as oxygen molecules and other gases collide with it, causing it to lose altitude over time. For the ISS to …

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