Image: Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 14 March 2024 Spacecraft’s cruise vessel flew around globe for first time, but lost contact in final stages before planned splashdown SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket
Credit: SpaceX By Ryan Whitwam, Published by Extreme Tech, 28 February 2024 The FAA report clears the way for another launch as soon as next month. SpaceX last tried to launch its Starship megarocket in November 2023, and while it made it farther than the first test, both Starship and the Super
SpaceX’s Starship rocket performs a hot stage separation during a flight test on 18 November, 2023 (SpaceX) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 26 February 2024 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed the investigation into the second flight of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle, the agency announced this afternoon
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Ziyuan-1 02E satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan launch site in central China on 3rd April 2021 Photo: Xinhua By Thomas Corbett, Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer, Published by Defense One, 26 February 2024 A recent rocket launch lofted satellites for a
SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy vehicle to perform the first 2024 orbital launch attempt once the FAA awards a license to the company. Credit: SpaceX By Eric Berger, Published by arsTechnica, 22 February 2024 As SpaceX nears its first Starship launch of 2024—possibly as soon as within three weeks—from its Starbase facility
A composite image showing rows of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit in front of a picture of Earth taken from the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 14 February 2024 There are still well over 5,000 operational Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the USSF-124 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 14 February 2024 USSF-124 will send six satellites to orbit — two for the Missile Defense Agency
