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Starship during Flight 5 Starship booster landing approach. The mission profile for flight test 5 differed from the previous flight. While Ship 30 splashed down in the Indian Ocean, as Ship 29 did, B12 shut off its engines thirteen seconds earlier and returned to the launch site for a catch. [1]
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 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 ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starship’s sixth test is scheduled for Monday, with the rocket set to take off at the Starbase launchpad in south Texas at 5 p.m. local time.
On 17 January 2025, the FAA ordered SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the breakup of Flight 7. [44] As of January 2025, the effect of Flight 7's launch failure on Flight 8's schedule is unknown. [45] It is expected to feature a catch of Booster 15 at OLP-A and an Indian Ocean splashdown of Ship 34. [46] April 2025 [47] Block 1, B14 ...
SpaceX claimed that B12 and S30 were ready to launch in early August, in advance of regulatory approval. [108] SpaceX flew S30 and B12 on October 13, 2024, with B12 returning to the launch site for a catch. [6] After an aborted catch on flight 6, [109] B14 was caught during flight 7. [110] NASASpaceflight has claimed that B14 may be reflown on ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has harshly criticized the FAA, including for proposing a $633,000 fine against SpaceX over launch issues and for the delay in approving the license for Starship 5, which the ...
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).