Space fans have posted on the web an illustration of how the engine compartment of the huge first stage of the Starship rocket ship is likely to look from below and from the side. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that the diagram “fairly accurately” reflects the real picture. According to preliminary data, […]
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Huge speed, plasma streams and plume. How Starship will go out of orbit – video
By the end of 2021, SpaceX hopes to send a sample SN20 of its Starship rocket spacecraft on its first orbital test flight from Texas to Hawaii around Earth. CGI designer Alexander Svanidze showed on YouTube how his entry into the atmosphere will look on his return. The head of the company, Elon Musk, […]
From Texas to Hawaii around the Earth. Musk showed Starship orbital test flight plan
On its first test flight into orbit, SpaceX’s rocket ship will leave a test site in southern Texas and splash down off the coast of one of the Hawaiian Islands. This follows from the document that Elon Musk’s company filed with the US Federal Communications Commission, writes The Verge. This will be the Starship’s […]
“For the most cosmic sensations.” Musk redesigns Crew Dragon – illustration
Billionaire American businessman Jared Isaacman, sponsor of the first fully civilian space flight, announced at a briefing about a significant redesign of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft for this mission. The ship, named Inspiration4, will take crew commander Isaacman and three other people into orbit. Its bow will have a transparent hemisphere, reminiscent of the […]
Musk Teased EU Rocket Scientists And Said Starship Would Land On Mars Long Before 2030
The Starship, which is currently being developed and tested in suborbital flights, will land on Mars until 2030. Confidence in this was expressed by Elon Musk, the head of the company that developed this carrier SpaceX. The billionaire commented on an article in Are Technica that “Europe is starting to worry about SpaceX’s growing […]
Musk showed a new prototype of the Starship spacecraft. Will fly soon – photo
The head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, showed on Twitter a photo of a new test sample of the Starship spacecraft, which is numbered SN10. “At the launch site. Engines are being replaced,” he signed the picture. Click to enlarge: The billionaire businessman hinted in one of the online chats a few days ago that […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Reaches $74 Billion Valuation Driven By Starship & Starlink
SpaceX is worth over $74 billion now as the company raised $850 million additional capital last week. The growth is driven by the Starship, a fully reusable rocket, and Starlink, a global satellite internet network, projects. The Starship SN10 prototype could be tested as soon as next week while the Starlink project has faced hurdles in a small French village.
The Starship exploded on landing after a test flight. But it was enchanting – video
On the evening of February 2, Kiev time, the ninth test sample of the Starship spacecraft of the American company SpaceX made a test suborbital flight to an altitude of 10 km, after which it returned to the launch point in an original way. However, when landing, he could not slow down and crashed. Prior […]