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Topic: SpaceX

SpaceX delivers Starship Transfer Tube with an Anti-Vortex Device to Starbase

Starship transfer tube spotted at SpaceX Starbase Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: Boca Chica Gal (NASASpaceFlight.com).

SpaceX Falcon 9 sent the NASA IXPE satellite to study black holes, neutron stars, pulsars, and beyond

Left: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on liftoff (9 merlin engines firing), Right: Artist's rendering of the IXPE satellite. Credit: NASA / Public Domain.

SpaceX enthusiast designs a 1:110 scale LEGO Starship

SpaceX Starship designed in LEGO (1:110 scale). Credit: 0rig0 / Reddit.

SpaceX to launch Starship to orbit for the first time in January 2022, says Musk

Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12 presenting the Starship presentation to SSB & BPA. Credits: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Watch SpaceX perform the 6-engine static fire test on Starship SN20

The moment when Starship SN20 went through a full 6-engine static fire test for the first time. Credits: SpaceX.

Starship 20 prepped for static fire with all 6 Raptor engines, more updates from Starbase

Starship SN20 prototype at Starbase as of 11th Nov, 2021. Credits: Mary (@BocaChicaGal) via NasaSpaceFlight.com.

Watch SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry over Starbase as NASA astronauts return home

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

NASA and SpaceX win the lawsuit from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin over lunar lander contract

Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos (left), SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (right). Credits: Amazon, SpaceX.

After successful SN20 static fire tests, first Starship orbital flight is possible next month, pending FAA approval

Starship SN20 going through the Raptor vacuum engine static fire test at Starbase Boca Chica, Texas (video in article).

NASA document reveals the date for the first SpaceX Starship orbital launch

Starship SN10 prototype just before its landing attempt after a high-altitude flight test.

Starbase update: Mechazilla Chopsticks assembly, Raptor vacuum engine on SN20, SN21 nosecone work, more

Mechazilla Chopsticks assembly in the works at Starbase, Texas. Credits: NasaSpaceFlight.com

SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100 billion valuation, Musk leads Bezos with a $30B gap

Elon Musk in extreme joy after successful launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 NASA/Spacex mission.

Starship SN20 passes the cryogenic proof test, next is static fire

Starship SN20 depressurizing after a successful cryogenic proofing test. Credits: NasaSpaceFlight.com

Some heat tiles fell off Starship SN20 during cryogenic proof testing (videos)

Starship SN20 during cryogenic pressure proof testing (nosecone area marked with a red circle from where the tiles fell off).

Starship Quick Disconnect arm, chopsticks, heat tiles, a lot is happening at Starbase

Official render of Starbase submitted to the FAA by SpaceX. Edited by @ErcXspace / Twitter.