Starship - SpaceX
Starship Overview. SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.
SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the …
Jan 16, 2025 · SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.. Elon Musk’s company said Starship broke apart — what it called a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The spacecraft’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one during ascent, with contact lost …
SpaceX Starship - Wikipedia
Elon Musk stated in April 2023 that SpaceX expected to spend about $2 billion on Starship development in 2023. [ 241 ] [ 242 ] In a 2024 response to a lawsuit, SpaceX stated that the cost of the Starship program was approximately $4 million per day.
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch - BBC
Jan 17, 2025 · The latest test of Space X's giant Starship rocket has failed, minutes after launch. Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost after problems developed after lift-off from ...
SpaceX Starship (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, estimated in a tweet that eight launches would be needed to completely refuel a Starship in low Earth orbit, enabling it to travel onwards. [6] Development began in 2012, when Musk described a plan to build a reusable launch vehicle with substantially greater capabilities than the Falcon 9 and the planned Falcon ...
Elon Musk's Starship rocket achieves record-breaking feat - BBC
Oct 13, 2024 · Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has completed a world first after part of it was captured on its return to the launch pad. The SpaceX vehicle's lower half manoeuvred back beside its launch...
SpaceX Starship makes breakthrough ocean landing - BBC
Jun 6, 2024 · Elon Musk's mammoth new rocket system has returned to Earth in a groundbreaking fourth test flight that culminated in a first-ever soft ocean landing for the Starship vehicle.
SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk ...
Jan 17, 2025 · SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.
F.A.A. Temporarily Halts Launches of Musk’s Starship After …
Jan 17, 2025 · Starship Suspended: The F.A.A. began an investigation of a SpaceX test flight explosion that rained debris over the Caribbean, and suspended additional liftoffs by Starship, the most powerful ...
What to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship
Apr 17, 2023 · Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship. It’s the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built at 400 feet (120 meters), with the lofty goals of ferrying people to the moon and Mars.