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Last week, SpaceX launched the tallest, most powerful rocket the world has ever known. Called Starship, it was comprised of the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket—and we can say “was” because the launch, while successful, resulted in a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” In layman’s terms: it exploded. No people were harmed, but it did cause …

Elon Musk revealed his move from California to Texas during The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council annual summit Tuesday. Musk told the paper’s Editor in Chief, Matt Murray, that while “there’s a lot of things that are really great about California,” he believes the state is taking its success for granted. The CEO has been …

Dec 5th 2020 IF ALL GOES well, Elon Musk’s plan to conquer the universe will soon take another step forward, with the flight of Starship SN8, a rocket built by his company, SpaceX. SN8 is expected to rise from its launch pad at Boca Chica, in Texas, sometime between December 4th and 6th. (SpaceX have …

SpaceX’s prototype Starship launches in a short first flight test at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX The fifth prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket passed its most critical test yet, taking off and landing in a short flight on Tuesday at the company’s facility in Texas. Starship prototype Serial Number 5, standing …

SpaceX has been developing Starship, its next-generation spacecraft, at its site in Boca Chica, Texas. The company has built a number of different Starship prototypes to date, include one prior version called the Starhopper that was essentially just the bottom portion of the rocket. Today, the company flew its first full-scale prototype (minus the domed …

Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Arizona, as part of the autonomous delivery startup’s expansion plans following a $40 million funding round announced last August. Starship Technologies, which launched in 2014 by Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, has been ramping up commercial services in the past year, including …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe rupture was caught on camera and shared on social media SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype experienced a major failure during pressurisation testing on Wednesday. A video from the scene in Texas showed the top part of the vehicle rupture. Cryogenic propellants that were being loaded at the …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Mk1 Starship will begin high-altitude tests in the coming weeks The American entrepreneur Elon Musk has given a further update on his Starship and Super Heavy rocket system. He plans to use the new vehicles to send people to the Moon and Mars, and also to move them …

It’s that time again. Elon Musk will unveil the latest design of SpaceX’s Starship Mars-colonization architecture tonight (Sept. 28) during a presentation at the company’s South Texas facilities, near the village of Boca Chica. The talk, which Musk said will occur “around 6 or 7 p.m.” local time (7 or 8 p.m. EDT), is expected …

It was the first time the experimental craft, nicknamed “Starhopper,” flew free without being tethered to the ground. SpaceX’s goal was to lift the spacecraft about 65 feet into the air before gently landing it nearby — what’s SpaceX called a “hop test.” It’s not clear exactly how high the craft flew. Footage captured by …