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SpaceX aborted an attempt to catch the first stage booster of its Starship megarocket in the "chopstick" arms of its launch tower, opting instead for an ocean splashdown, a live feed showed Nov 19.
SpaceX is set to conduct the sixth test flight of Starship, the 165-foot spacecraft that Musk wants to use to take humanity to Mars, on Tuesday. SpaceX gears up to catch Starship again — and ...
SpaceX is set to test its massive Starship rocket next week following a successful catch of its Super Heavy booster last month, which would mark the company's fastest turnaround yet. Elon Musk ...
Starship flight test 6 was the sixth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles flown were the Ship 31 upper stage and first stage Booster 13. [3] [4] The flight test started on November 19, 2024, at 22:00:00 UTC (4:00 pm CST, local time at the launch site).
SpaceX began construction of the next-generation launch tower at its Starbase facility in Texas in 2021. Measuring 146 metres (480 feet), it is the tallest launch tower in the world and could ...
When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [16] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [17] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.
The new 400-foot Starship vehicle will feature a number of new upgrades and objectives, building on the milestones SpaceX hit in 2024 – including the landmark rocket booster catch the company ...
The sixth Starship flight test saw SpaceX once again attempt to catch the rocket’s Super Heavy booster using “chopstick” arms at the launch tower at the company’s Starbase facility in Boca ...