All but two of the rocket's 33 Raptor engines were engaged during the critical test, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says is still enough for an orbital launch. Reading time 3 minutes SpaceX performed the ...
An explosion at the launch facility last month delayed the rocket's inaugural mission, but the company wants to see its heavy-lift vehicle fly soon. Reading time 3 minutes After recovering from an ...
Qantas and Boeing are revising aircraft maintenance procedures after one of the carrier’s 787-9s flew from Melbourne to Los Angeles without having the covers of its engine static ports removed. All ...
SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company’s next Starship rocket Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month on a high-stakes test flight to get the private rocket ...
SpaceX's Starship megarocket may indeed get off the ground next week. The company is apparently targeting May 15 for the test flight, which will be the 12th for Starship overall but the first for the ...
Exhaust billows from a tethered static fire test of a Long March 10 first-stage test article at the LC-301 launch pad, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island, China, Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: CMSEO ...