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SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.. A jubilant Elon Musk called it ...
The rocket's first stage "Super Heavy" booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. CT (1225 GMT) from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas launch facilities, sending the Starship second stage rocket toward space before ...
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched on its sixth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024.
Booster 12 moved to the launch pad on July 9. [12] The booster performed a spin prime test on July 12; it was the first time a spin prime test was performed since Booster 9 in August 2023. [13] A static fire of Booster 12 was completed on July 15 and Ship 30 static fire was conducted on July 26.
After stage separation, B1060 performed its first return-to-launch-site landing. [20] [21] [22] The booster opened a busy 2023 with the launch of its second ridesharing mission, Transporter-6, releasing 114 payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. [23] SpaceX uploaded a sped-up onboard video of the booster's launch and landing on this mission. [24]
SpaceX’s mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas. AP A still from Starship’s fifth flight test.
Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [81] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being retired in favor of Booster 7 and Ship 24. [82] Booster 7 being tested on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023.
Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, occurred at 8:25 a.m. ET (7:25 a.m. CT) during a 30-minute launch window that opened at 8 a.m. ET from ...