SpaceX catches giant Starship booster with 'Chopsticks' on historic ...
6 days ago · SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket for the fifth time ever Oct. 13, on a test flight that featured a mid-air catch of the first-stage Super Heavy booster.
SpaceX Super Heavy - Wikipedia
Super Heavy is the reusable first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second stage. It flew for the first time on April 20, 2023, during the first orbital launch attempt of the Starship rocket. [1] .
SpaceX fires up huge Super Heavy booster ahead of 4th Starship …
Apr 6, 2024 · SpaceX conducted an engine test with its latest Super Heavy booster on Friday (April 5), readying the giant vehicle for the next Starship launch.
Watch SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster splash down in this …
Jun 11, 2024 · The Super Heavy booster of SpaceX's Starship megarocket comes back to Earth for an ocean splashdown shortly after launching on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) On Saturday (June 8),...
SpaceX successfully launches its Starship megarocket to ... - NBC News
Jun 6, 2024 · SpaceX showed that both the Starship spacecraft and the rocket’s first-stage, known as Super Heavy, can survive the fiery trip back through Earth’s atmosphere and make a “soft” and controlled...
SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy ...
Jun 6, 2024 · “Super Heavy boosters for Flight 4 and beyond will get additional hardware inside oxygen tanks to further improve propellant filtration capabilities.” Now, with the success of Flight 4, Musk...
Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on second flight - SpaceNews
Nov 18, 2023 · The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase test site at Boca Chica, Texas, at about 8:03 a.m. Eastern. Liftoff was delayed a few minutes because of a “late...
US FAA okays SpaceX license for second launch of Starship Super Heavy
Nov 16, 2023 · Nov 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday granted Elon Musk's SpaceX a license to launch the company's second test flight of its next-generation Starship and...
Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight
Mar 14, 2024 · Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight. The powerful rocket, a version of which will carry astronauts to the moon for NASA, launched for the third time on Thursday morning. It achieved a ...
FAA clears the way for maiden flight of SpaceX Starship rocket
Apr 16, 2023 · SpaceX. For its initial test flight, the Starship will launch to the east, powered out of the dense lower atmosphere by the Super Heavy booster. The FAA will help ensure air and sea lanes are...