By Lynda Williams, Published by Counter Punch, 12 December 2024 On April 20, 2023, SpaceX’s Starship—the largest and most powerful rocket ever built—exploded just four minutes after liftoff from its Boca Chica spaceport in Texas. While CEO Elon Musk touted the mission as a success for clearing the launch pad,
SpaceX’s Starship rocket performs a hot stage separation during a flight test on 18 November, 2023 (SpaceX) By Darren Orf, Published by Popular Mechanics, 5 September 2024 We learned something, though. In mid-November 2023, a disastrous SpaceX launch, which saw the explosion of not one but two rockets, offered a
Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Keith Cooper, Published by Space.com, 10 July 2024 Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to launch up to 44 flights of Starship each year. SpaceX's plans to launch its Starship–Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times per year from
The far side of the moon beyond the Orion spacecraft in an image taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission in November. Photograph: Nasa/EPA By Eric Berger, Published by arsTechnica, 19 May 2024 If it were to happen, a revised Artemis III mission could echo Apollo 9
The first mission of the Polaris program, Polaris Dawn, will include the first spacewalk on a commercial mission. Credit: Polaris Program By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 14 April 2024 Things are slowly falling into place for the Polaris Program‘s first mission, Polaris Dawn. The mission is nearing milestones that might
Musk envisions the first colonies to be set up on Mars within 20 years, which will grow into a city of a million people who are there for life: SpaceX By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 11 April 2024 Elon Musk is doubling down on his commitment to the
Image: Mars Daily stock illustration By Sarah Knapton, Published by The Telegraph, 27 March 2024 Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal
SpaceX's Flight 3 Starship rocket glows red as it heats up during reentry during a test flight on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 21 March 2024 "Starship, because it's the biggest rocket ever built, is also one of the dirtiest." When the 165-foot-tall (50
