Giant SpaceX rocket blasts off in most successful test launch yet
SpaceX’s Starship completed nearly its entire test flight after blasting off in a successful launch. The rocket cleared its launch pad in Texas, separated from its “Super Heavy Booster” and began coasting at an altitude of 145 miles. But it was eventually destroyed as it re-entered the atmosphere, the company said. However, it’s still the […]
SpaceX launches first Arab woman on private flight to International Space Station
SpaceX’s second private flight has sent passengers, including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut, rocketing towards the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre on Sunday night, and the four passengers are expected to reach the space station in their capsule on Monday. They will spend just over a week […]
SpaceX’s Starship explodes minutes after landmark launch of world’s most powerful rocket system
SpaceX has launched the biggest and most powerful rocket ever made in a landmark test – but it exploded just minutes later. Three days after an inaugural flight was scrapped due to a last-minute glitch, Starship took off from Boca Chica in southern Texas as thousands of spectators watched on nearby. But the rocket system […]
Launch of world’s biggest rocket postponed after glitch
SpaceX’s launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket system has been postponed after it experienced a glitch minutes before take-off. The launch, from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border, had been due to take place at any point in a two-hour launch window after 8am local time. But, the countdown […]
