The Starship SN4, a prototype of a SpaceX ship meant to one day take humans to the moon and Mars, has remained intact during pressure testing. ExtremeTech reports: Last year, SpaceX successfully tested the “Starhopper” prototype with one of the company’s new Raptor engines. However, the full-scale prototypes haven’t fared well in pressure testing. SN1 blew its top in February, and…
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SpaceX Tries Buying Out Homeowners Around Starhopper’s Texas Launchpad
SpaceX “built its experimental spaceport in and around Boca Chica Village, a decades-old community of about 20 elderly residents,” reports Business Insider. But now “SpaceX is trying to buy as much of Boca Chica Village as it can and move people out…following an accidental brush fire, public-safety notices warning of the possibility for explosions, and a push to have the Federal…
SpaceX’s Starhopper has made its highest and final test flight
Starhopper, SpaceX’s prototype of the spacecraft the firm plans to use to bring humans to Mars, has made its last flight its highest ever at 150 metres up Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214517-spacexs-starhopper-has-made-its-highest-and-final-test-flight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
SpaceX Launches Starship ‘Hopper’ On Dramatic Test Flight
SpaceX launched its sub-scale Starship ‘hopper’ spacecraft on a brief unpiloted up-and-down test flight at the company’s Boca Chica, Texas, test facility Tuesday, a dramatic demonstration of rocket technology intended to pave the way to a new, more powerful heavy lift booster and, eventually, crew-carrying interplanetary spacecraft. Spaceflight Now reports: Running a day late because of a last-second technical glitch, the…
Sheriff Warns Angry Locals To Vacate Houses Before SpaceX’s ‘Starhopper’ Test
An anonymous reader quotes Business Insider: A small community of people at the southern tip of Texas just received what some of its residents are calling a “shocking” and “concerning” warning about SpaceX’s upcoming launch attempt of a Mars rocket ship prototype. Residents told Business Insider a county sheriff went door-to-door on Saturday night to hand-deliver printed notices to the community,…
SpaceX’s shiny new spaceship prototype has flown for the first time
The Starhopper, SpaceX’s prototype for its interplanetary spacecraft Starship, made its first flight without a leash tying it to the ground on 25 July Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2211363-spacexs-shiny-new-spaceship-prototype-has-flown-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
First free flight of SpaceX’s Starhopper aborted after engine fire
On Wednesday, July 24th, the prototype test vehicle for the SpaceX craft the Starhopper commenced its first untethered “hop test” at the company’s test facility in Boca Chica, Texas. This test is an important milestone for SpaceX, intended to validate the Raptor engine in free flight and bring the company one step closer to creating the super-heavy launch system that will…