Starship prototype Serial Number 11 (or SN11) took off from a launch pad at SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas on Tuesday despite thick fog in the area. Raptor engines lifted the rocket to an altitude of 10 kilometers. SN11 then killed two of its engines one after another in …
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While the flight initially appeared to be successful, seeing the Starship soar some 10 kilometers high and make a flip maneuver before touching down softly – it was visibly leaning upon landing and a small fire was seen at its base. Minutes later, however, the craft was blown to pieces, lifting it into …
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Speaking to the press, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Putin might be open to the idea. “First, we need to understand what it’ll be. You know that President Putin does not use social networks, and does not personally run the accounts,” Peskov said on Monday. “In general, it is …
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The Starship serial number 8 (SN8) took off from the SpaceX site in Cameron County on Wednesday evening. At first everything went well, with the vehicle launching successfully, reaching the apogee and flipping over to begin its descent… only to end in a fiery crash as it just missed the …
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Tesla tycoon Elon Musk’s space exploration company has netted $885,509,638 in government funding to be doled out over the next 10 years to beam high-speed internet access to hundreds of thousands of American homes, the Federal Communications Commission revealed on Monday. The agency published the results of phase I of …
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The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:27pm ET (0:27GMT on Monday) and was set for a rendezvous with the ISS some 27 hours later. The launch was originally scheduled for Saturday, but had to be postponed due to forecasts of gusty winds. NASA’s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, …
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A year ago SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell mused about how the Pentagon could use its future heavy launch system Starship. Not to land space marines on Mars, but for the speedy point-to-point delivery of cargo on Earth. The pitch apparently fell on fertile ground, since the …
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One of the key features of the Falcon 9 rocket the us SpaceX company has become a reusability of the first stage. During his fifth start reusable carrier was to deliver into orbit the next batch of online satellites Starlink, but a few seconds before the take-off procedure had to …
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Docking with ISS is scheduled for may 6. Company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 with a cargo spacecraft Dragon Cargo on Board. Joining the “truck” with the International space station is scheduled for Monday, may 6. Broadcast of the launch were SpaceX and NASA. The Falcon 9 was launched …
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