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SpaceX conducts six-engine test fire as it gears up for second Starship flight

SpaceX conducted a six-engine static test fire on Monday of the Starship vehicle that will eventually be paired with a Super Heavy booster for...

Musk outlines major upgrades for Starship rocket

SpaceX will need another six weeks or so to finish implementing hundreds of changes to its Super Heavy-Starship rocket and the gargantuan booster’s Texas...

SpaceX changing Starship stage separation ahead of next launch

WASHINGTON — SpaceX is changing the approach for separating the two stages of its Starship vehicle to increase payload performance before its next test...

Musk predicts next Starship launch in a “couple months”

WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said the first integrated test flight of his company’s Starship vehicle met his expectations despite a cascading...

FAA issues license for first Starship integrated test flight

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a launch license to SpaceX to the first integrated test flight of the company’s Starship/Super Heavy...

The First 3D-Printed Rocket Launch Is the Next Step Toward a More Permanent Presence in Space

Reducing the cost of space launches will be critical if we want humanity to have a more permanent presence beyond orbit. The partially successful...

Relativity launches first Terran 1

WASHINGTON — Relativity Space’s first Terran 1 rocket successfully got off the launch pad March 22 but failed to reach orbit because of an...

Good weather expected for Relativity Space’s late-night launch attempt

Relativity Space will try a third time to launch a 3D-printed rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday night, and weather forecasters predict a 95% chance...

South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rocket startup Innospace successfully launched a suborbital rocket from Brazil over the weekend, demonstrating a hybrid motor it...

Relativity scrubs first Terran 1 launch again

WASHINGTON — Relativity Space scrubbed a launch of its Terran 1 rocket March 11 after two last-minute aborts for technical issues. A first launch...

Relativity Space ready to launch first 3D-printed, methane-fueled orbital rocket

Relativity Space, a California-based startup that counts billionaire Mark Cuban as one of its early investors, will try to launch the first 3D-printed, methane-fueled...

Japan’s new H3 rocket ready for another launch attempt after last-second abort

After an electrical problem kept Japan’s first H3 rocket on the ground during a launch attempt last month, teams wheeled the new hydrogen-fueled launcher...

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