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SpaceX’s fourth Starship rocket prototype EXPLODES into a ball of flames after a pressurized test

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SpaceX is not having the best of luck this week – first the Falcon 9 launch was scrubbed Wednesday and now the firms’ a prototype Starship rocket has exploded.   The prototype Serial Number 4 vanished into a fireball at SpaceX’s Boca Chica site in Texas Friday shortly the engine was ignited for a pressurized test. … Read more

SpaceX’s blows up third Starship prototype in catastrophic failure resulting from a pressure test

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SpaceX’s third Starship prototype IMPLODES after catastrophic failure resulting from a pressure test The test caused SpaceX’s Starship prototype to implode A pressure test flooded the craft with a super-cooling propellant This is the third Starship prototype to experience a catastrophic failure  The specific cause of the implosion is still being investigated  By James Pero … Read more

SpaceX’s Starship manual suggests the craft could be used for hauling cargo and up to 100 passengers

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SpaceX’s new Starship suggests the craft could be used for hauling multiple satellites or up to 100 passengers in a single journey The manual outlines multiple use cases for SpaceX’s Starship craft The company foresees Starship being able to carry multiple satellites into orbit It can also be configured to carry 100 passengers on a single … Read more

Under Lucky Stars petitions against SpaceX’s plans to send Starlink satellites into orbit

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Elon Musk is set launch at least 12,000 Starlink satellites into low-orbit to blanket the world with high speed internet, but the plan is causing quite the stir among astronomers and stargazers – the devices are blocking their views of the night sky. Now, a group of designers have taken matters into their own hands … Read more

NASA astronauts could head to the ISS aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon as early as MAY

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It has been 18 years in the making, but SpaceX may finally send its first manned mission into space. The firm’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California company is ‘gunning for May’ to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Shotwell noted that NASA astronauts set to take the … Read more

Elon Musk fears he will die before he makes it to Mars due to SpaceX’s lack of progress

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long dreamed of landing on Mars, but the billionaire has admitted that the feat may not be accomplished before he dies. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington on Monday, Musk explained that the firm is not progressing as planned and noted it has taken ’18 years just to … Read more