BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — SpaceX launched Starship for its ninth test flight on Tuesday night, which also marked for the first time that a Super Heavy booster was reused for a second time. However, ...
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an ...
Live updates from Sunday afternoon’s SpaceX Starlink 10-17 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space ...
An image from Firefly’s Sept. 22 earnings call presentation showed the next two Alpha rockets being prepared for launches before the end of this year. Credit: Firefly Aerospace SYDNEY — The booster ...
Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ:FLY) -11.5% post-market Monday after the booster stage for an Alpha rocket that was expected to launch in the coming weeks exploded during a pre-flight trial in Texas.
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace (FLY.O), opens new tab on Monday said the core booster for its centerpiece Alpha rocket was destroyed during a ground test in Texas, weeks before that ...
With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A) to static fire Ship 38, the Starship program stands near the end of an era, with this being the last launch from Pad 1(A) ...
Boosters are typically test fired in the days and weeks leading up to launches as SpaceX takes measures to ensure they're safe for liftoff. SpaceX has not yet announced a target launch date for its ...
With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket. The company performed a static test fire of the Super Heavy ...
The first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was conducted in Utah. The booster suffered an ...
After three catastrophic in-flight failures in a row, SpaceX readied a huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket for launch Sunday evening from the Texas Gulf Coast to put a variety of upgrades to the test and ...
Debris flies away from the nozzle of the BOLE solid rocket booster during a static-fire test June 26. Credit: NASA webcast WASHINGTON — A new version of the solid rocket booster being developed for ...