SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket ... - CBS News
Oct 14, 2024 · Snagging the descending 23-story-tall Super Heavy booster with the mechazilla arms represented an unprecedented milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop fully reusable, quickly re-launchable...
SpaceX catches giant Starship booster with 'Chopsticks' on historic ...
Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket for the fifth time ever Oct. 13, on a test flight that featured a mid-air catch of the first-stage Super Heavy booster.
Starship flight 5: SpaceX achieves ‘chopstick’ landing | CNN
Oct 13, 2024 · Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, occurred at 8:25 a.m. ET (7:25 a.m. CT) during a 30-minute launch window that opened at 8 a.m. ET from...
Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing
Oct 13, 2024 · The upper-stage Starship vehicle, stacked on top of the first stage, known as the Super Heavy booster, will be capable of carrying more than 100 metric tons to orbit. People watching the launch...
SpaceX Starship launches: Flight 6 mission updates | Space
Oct 11, 2024 · The next Starship launch by SpaceX will be Starship Flight 6., which will test new upgrades to the Ship and Booster while flying a similar profile to that of Flight 5 on Oct. 13, which saw the...
SpaceX successfully launches its Starship megarocket to ... - NBC News
Jun 6, 2024 · SpaceX showed that both the Starship spacecraft and the rocket’s first-stage, known as Super Heavy, can survive the fiery trip back through Earth’s atmosphere and make a “soft” and controlled...
SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship rocket makes 4th test flight - CBS News
Jun 6, 2024 · SpaceX launched the world's most powerful rocket on its fourth flight Thursday, successfully putting the company's Starship upper stage into space and then bringing it back down through the heat ...
SpaceX launches fifth Starship, catches Super Heavy booster
Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX launched its fifth Starship vehicle Oct. 13, successfully making an unprecedented “catch” of its Super Heavy booster back at the launch site.
SpaceX fires up huge Super Heavy booster ahead of 4th ...
Apr 6, 2024 · SpaceX conducted an engine test with its latest Super Heavy booster on Friday (April 5), readying the giant vehicle for the next Starship launch.
SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test
Oct 14, 2024 · The Super Heavy booster re-lit three of its 33 Raptor engines to slow its speedy descent back to SpaceX's launch site, as it targeted the launch pad and tower it had blasted off from....