SpaceX launched the latest test of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night and completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload — eight dummy satellites — into space. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean. Starship blasted off from Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site in…
CBS News Live CBS News Live 2 Live SpaceX on Tuesday night launched the 10th test flight of its giant Super Heavy-Starship rocket, a milestone mission to demonstrate fixes and upgrades in the wake of three catastrophic failures earlier this year. The Super Heavy booster’s 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines roared to life at 7:30 p.m. ET, sending…
SpaceX readied its huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket for a second launch try on Monday to kick off the program’s 10th test flight, a milestone mission to put corrective upgrades through their paces after three catastrophic failures earlier this year. A successful flight would help restore confidence in the gargantuan rocket amid growing concern a moon…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the tenth test flight of its Starship over an issue with ground systems. The company took to microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) to share the update. “Standing down from today’s tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems,” SpaceX’s post reads. The 232-foot Super…
Teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is trading rocket science for Wall Street, leaving SpaceX to join billionaire Ken Griffin‘s Citadel Securities as a quantitative developer at just 16 years old. The move marks a significant career pivot for the engineering wunderkind who became the youngest SpaceX employee in company history.“After two years at SpaceX, I felt…
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) –Elon Musk‘s SpaceX is set to launch its massive Starship rocket for a tenth time from Texas on Sunday to achieve several long-sought development milestones missed due to past tests ending in early failures. The 232-foot tall Super Heavy booster and its 171-feet (52 meters) tall Starship upper half sat stacked…
Image courtesy: AP After a series of mishaps that have led some onlookers to doubt its feasibility, Elon Musk‘s SpaceX is preparing for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday. The most potent launch vehicle in the world is scheduled to make its tenth flight from the company’s Starbase in southern Texas at…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday, after a string of recent failures that has prompted some observers to question its viability. The world’s most powerful launch vehicle is set to lift off from the company’s Starbase in southern Texas at 6:30 pm local time (2330…
Elon Musk has once again reflected on SpaceX’s unlikely journey from a risky startup to a pioneering force in space exploration. Reposting a tweet that contrasted SpaceX’s uncertain beginnings with its current ambition of sending humans to Mars within the next five years, Musk highlighted how skepticism surrounded the company from the start. One of…
Elon Musk has downplayed his awareness of Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy who recently made headlines for leaving SpaceX to join Citadel Securities. When asked about Quazi’s move, Musk responded on X, “First time I’ve ever heard of him,” surprising many who followed the teenager’s meteoric rise. Quazi, who joined SpaceX at just 14, had…