BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week at Starbase, construction continues on booster 17, Ship 34 receives its raptor engines and the new chopstick assembly is lifted and installed onto ...

The static fire, involving 33 Raptor engines, forms part of preparations for Starship’s seventh flight. The mission, targeted for January 11, 2024, aims to refine the reusable rocket system’s ...

But the Starship spacecraft lost communication with ground. SpaceX said that at launch, all 33 Raptor engines powered the Super Heavy booster and Starship on a nominal ascent. Following a successful ...

SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas catching the booster for just the second time back at the launch site, but suffering a loss of ...

The gargantuan rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time, firing up 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ...

The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...

The Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 Raptor engines, sending the vehicle into clear skies. The booster separated about two minutes and 45 seconds after liftoff and headed back towards Starbase.

The static fire, involving 33 Raptor engines, forms part of preparations for Starship’s seventh flight. The mission, targeted for January 11, 2024, aims to refine the reusable rocket system’s ...

altitude just over 1 min. into the flight. Some 90 sec. later, 30 of the first stage’s 33 Raptor engines were shut off prior to hot-staging, when the Starship’s six Raptors ignited to push the ...