Starship

NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024. NASA/Radislav Sinyak This is the spacecraft that ...

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

35 SpaceX preparations for flight 5 of Starship continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat shield as teams prepare for Booster ...

NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander

NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — As NASA pushes ahead with a crewed lunar landing on the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own ...

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Technology
Laura Adams

9 The Starship program is testing with a possible tower catch in mind for the next flight of the system, a goal ...

Three Landmark Rocket Launches You Must Watch

Three Landmark Rocket Launches You Must Watch

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

People watch as the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space … [+] Center on ...

Starship Flight 4 milestones effect changes to Flight 5’s Ship

Starship Flight 4 milestones effect changes to Flight 5’s Ship

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

3 Following the highly successful milestones achieved by Booster 11 and Ship 29 on Flight 4 of SpaceX’s Starship, engineers are already ...

Starship Flight 4 begins Wet Dress Rehearsal campaign

Starship Flight 4 begins Wet Dress Rehearsal campaign

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

16 SpaceX is gearing up for Flight 4. The start of full stack testing on Thursday resulted in a partial load of ...

FAA to begin environmental review of Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center

FAA to begin environmental review of Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to start an environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from a pad at the ...

Robot-Explorers, Futuristic SpaceX Starships Set To Transform The Moon

Robot-Explorers, Futuristic SpaceX Starships Set To Transform The Moon

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

SpaceX Starship rocket prototypes inside the Starbase Launch Center – the precursors to ships … [+] destined to transform the Moon. (Marie ...

As IFT-4 prepares for launch, Starship’s future is coming into focus

As IFT-4 prepares for launch, Starship’s future is coming into focus

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

32 After the historic IFT-3 launch in March, the Starship program is proceeding with plans to fly Ship 29 and Booster 11 ...