SpaceX will attempt to send the massive Starship rocket to orbit for the third time early Thursday morning after U.S. regulators gave the green light for launch. Starship testing is conducted from SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase campus near Boca Chica, Texas, though the company will livestream the launch on its website and on the social media site X starting at 6:30 a.m. CT. SpaceX has conducted two test flights of the 400-foot-tall rocket so far.
Starlab Space, which is creating a commercial space laboratory that hopes to replace the International Space Station, signed a deal with SpaceX on Wednesday to put it into low-Earth orbit.
Version 2 Earlier this month, SpaceX launched its second orbital attempt of its massive Starship rocket. And while the massive rocket and its accompanying Super Heavy booster managed to reach a new record height of 90 miles, the rocket's self-destruct system was likely triggered once again, leading to a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," the company's tongue-in-cheek terminology […]
New Heights Around seven months of orbital pad upgrades, governmental red tape, and an extensive environmental assessment later, SpaceX has launched its second orbital attempt of its massive Starship rocket. The massive rocket roared into life at the company's launch site in South Texas on Saturday, with its Super Heavy booster helping it to reach […]