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SpaceX eyes Starship reusability milestones in rocket’s tenth flight test  Reuters The most powerful rocket ever built is set for its next test. Here’s why some experts are worried  CNN SpaceX Starship 10th Test Flight: How and When to Watch the Launch  The New York Times SpaceX tests launch of massive Starship rocket after three explosive failures  The Guardian SpaceX’s Starship Is Supposed to …

STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this weekend in advance of the next test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket, the largest vehicle of its kind ever built. Towering 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall, the rocket will lift off during a one-hour launch window beginning at 6:30 pm CDT (7:30 pm …

The latest iteration of Elon Musk’s gargantuan Starship space rocket is poised to launch into the skies above Texas on Sunday for the first time in three months, with the billionaire entrepreneur’s ambitious timetable for reaching the moon and conquering Mars hinging on the success of the pivotal mission. Skywatchers are eager to see which version of the world’s most …

Watch live! SpaceX to launch Starship on 10th flight test – YouTube Watch On SpaceX is counting down toward a weekend launch of its 10th Starship megarocket, the largest rocket on Earth, but if you’re hoping to watch the test flight live, you’ll need to know when and where to tune in. And for that, space fans, we’ve got what …

PARK CITY, Utah — SpaceX will perform its next Starship/Super Heavy test flight Aug. 24 after completing an investigation into the failure of the previous mission and getting approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. Opt-out at …

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A bold new step for humanity could be a journey not to the Moon or Mars, but to an entirely new star system. This is the Chrysalis Project, an award-winning design for a hypothetical starship that could carry up to 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri—our closest stellar neighbor.  The ultimate goal would be to reach and settle on the potentially …

Four centuries from launch, a vast spacecraft could deliver thousands of people to a world orbiting the nearest star. The concept, called Chrysalis, is designed for one purpose — to take humanity to Proxima b, a rocky planet in the Proxima Centauri system that may be able to support life. Its creators picture a self-sufficient habitat where generations would live, …

SpaceX just fired up its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight. The company conducted a “static fire” trial with the 171-foot-tall (52 meters) Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on Thursday, briefly igniting one of the vehicle’s six Raptor engines. “Starship single-engine static fire demonstrating …

SpaceX has moved its Starship spacecraft to the launch pad for testing ahead of the vehicle’s 10th flight, which is expected to take place next month from the company’s Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX announced the milestone on Monday evening (July 28) in a post on X, which chronicled the journey of the 171-foot-tall (52-meter-tall) Starship upper stage in …