A much-anticipated launch looms for SpaceX. The commercial space company, known for revolutionizing rocketry by building reusable rockets that land back on Earth, will attempt the second test of its colossal Starship. It’s a high-altitude demonstration that will last 90 minutes — if all goes as planned. On Nov. 15, the FAA cleared SpaceX for … Read more
With an FAA launch license in hand, SpaceX is set for the second test flight of a fully integrated Starship rocket. Success or failure, it’s guaranteed to be a visual spectacle. Here’s how you’ll be able to take in the action. Dominic Monaghan on Attending Fan Conventions The two-hour launch window opens at 8:00 a.m. … Read more
Regulators have given SpaceX the green light to launch its super massive Starship rocket for a second time, just a few days shy of seven months after the first orbital flight test that ended in a spectacular mid-air explosion. SpaceX – which has been on standby for this final launch approval – will attempt the … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration has finished a key portion of the launch license review for SpaceX’s Starship, bringing the company one step closer to a second launch. Regulators said Tuesday that they completed a safety review focused on how a Starship launch could affect public health and property. That review evaluates SpaceX’s “safety organization, system … Read more
Because the mud settled following SpaceX’s transient, explosive check launch of Starship in April, each the corporate and the Federal Aviation Administration dug into investigating the aftermath. The big rocket’s flight lasted simply 4 minutes earlier than it blew up close to SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch web site on the Texas coast. Pictures and information … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the mishap investigation into SpaceX’s first orbital check flight in April, however regulators received’t inexperienced gentle a second launch till the corporate completes over 60 “corrective actions.” Whereas the FAA didn’t disclose the small print of the 63 actions SpaceX should take earlier than launching Starship once more, the … Read more
BOCA CHICA, TX – SEPTEMBER 28: A gated entrance by a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft is seen on the firm’s Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica close to Brownsville, Texas. The Starship spacecraft is a large automobile meant to take folks to the Moon, Mars, and past. (Photograph by Loren … Read more