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NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost 200%, according…
SpaceX launches Starship for the second time, going farther than ever before
SpaceX flew Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, for the second time today – and even though both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage had to…
FAA failed to fully assess environmental effects of Starship, lawsuit alleges
A coalition of advocacy groups has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over its handling of the environmental assessment of SpaceX’s launch plans in southeast Texas.…
SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch
SpaceX’s recent Starship test flight, the first during which it flew with its Super Heavy orbital booster, was a bit more of a mess than it even appeared when it…
Watch SpaceX try to launch Starship to orbit for the first time… again
SpaceX is launching its Starship rocket from its Starbase facility in southern Texas today — the first time it’s trying to fly the fully stacked version of the launch vehicle,…
Watch SpaceX try to fly a fully stacked Starship for the first time
In a few short hours, SpaceX will attempt to fly its fully integrated Starship launch system for the first time from the company’s massive base on Texas’s southeastern coast. While…
Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots
Starship Technologies, one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery vehicles that self-drive around cities — has been on a…
SpaceX is hoping to attempt to fly its in-development spacecraft Starship to orbit for the first time in July, according to company president Gwynne Shotwell. Shotwell shared the timeline at…
Max Q is a weekly newsletter from TechCrunch all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Mondays in your inbox. This week actually includes two, since I…
SpaceX is continuing its Starship spacecraft testing and development program apace, and as of this afternoon it has authorization from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct its next…
SpaceX nears final assembly of its first massive testing rocket booster for Starship
SpaceX has completed what’s known as the “stacking” of its first Super Heavy prototype, the extremely large next-generation first-stage rocket booster that it will eventually use to propel its Starship…
SpaceX’s Starship prototype flies to 32,000 feet and sticks the landing in third flight test
SpaceX has launched SN10 — the tenth iteration of its current prototype series of Starship, the heavy-lift reusable spacecraft it’s developing. Starship SN10 took off from Boca Chica, Texas, where…
SpaceX’s Starship prototype once again flies to great heights, and again explodes on landing
SpaceX has once again flown its Starship spacecraft, a still-in-development space launch vehicle it’s building in south Florida. This test was a flight of SN9, the ninth in its current…
SpaceX bought two oil rigs to convert into offshore launch pads for Starship
SpaceX’s next spacecraft is in development in Texas, and CEO Elon Musk previously revealed that the company was planning to build floating spaceports for Starship operations, after a job ad…
Elon Musk says SpaceX to double launchpad usage for Starship tests, Super Heavy flights coming in a ‘few months’
SpaceX is set to significantly ramp up its Starship development program in the new year, in more ways than one. SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk noted on Twitter on…
Watch SpaceX fly its Starship spacecraft during its first high-altitude test (live)
Update December 8 at 5:35 PM EST: Today’s attempt was scrubbed at the last second, after the Raptor engines had ignited. The announcer on the livestream called “Raptor abort” as…
SpaceX targeting next week for Starship’s first high-altitude test flight
SpaceX looks ready to proceed to the next crucial phase of its Starship spacecraft development program: A 15km (50,000 feet) test flight. This would far exceed the max height that…
Elon Musk says an update for its Starship spacecraft development program is coming in 3 weeks
SpaceX will provide an update about what’s happening with their Starship spacecraft in roughly three weeks, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. Starship is a next-generation, fully reusable spacecraft…
Elon Musk says Starship SN8 prototype will have a nosecone and attempt a 60,000-foot return flight
Elon Musk has shared some details about future testing of Starship, the SpaceX launch vehicle currently being developed by the company at its Boca Chica, Texas, facility. Recently, SpaceX has…
SpaceX completes another successful short test flight of its Starship spacecraft prototype
SpaceX has done it again — a second “hop” flight in less than a month for its Starship prototype. This was a 150 meter (just under 500 foot) test flight…
SpaceX successfully flies its Starship prototype to a height of around 500 feet
SpaceX has been developing Starship, its next-generation spacecraft, at its site in Boca Chica, Texas. The company has built a number of different Starship prototypes to date, include one prior…
Starship SN5 completes engine test – short, low-altitude flight test to follow ‘soon’ says Elon Musk
The sixth full-scale testing prototype of SpaceX’s Starship has successfully completed a key static fire test of its Raptor engines, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk. The so-called…
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk says that after accomplishing its first human launch, the company’s primary focus going forward will be developing Starship, its next-generation spacecraft. According to an…
SpaceX’s Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes after static engine fire test
SpaceX had just conducted yet another static fire test of the Raptor engine in its Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle on Friday when the test vehicle exploded on the test…
SpaceX gets FAA permission to fly its Starship spacecraft prototype
SpaceX has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly suborbital missions with its Starship prototype spacecraft, paving the way for test flights at its Boca Chica, Texas…
SpaceX’s Starship prototype successfully completes key engine static fire test
SpaceX’s Starship prototype is on a streak of successes, at a key moment for the spacecraft’s development. The Starship SN4 (so-named because it’s the fourth full-size prototype) tester managed to…
SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype passes a key test that puts it on track for a first flight
SpaceX has been developing its next-generation Starship rocket for some time now, but the large-scale prototypes it’s building in Boca Chica, Texas, have thus far always encountered a fatal error…
The process of designing, testing and building an entirely new spacecraft is definitely a difficult one and bound to encounter some issues. SpaceX’s efforts to build Starship, its massive new…
Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March
SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft is already well into development, but CEO and founder Elon Musk clearly would like development to move at an even faster rate. Musk tweeted early Tuesday morning…
SpaceX succeeds with a key pressure test in its Starship program
SpaceX has completed a key test necessary for development of its next Starship prototype — stress testing a fuel tank to the point of failure, at its Starship development site…
