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☆ Starship’s monumental third flight ends unexpectedly
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Instead, the company utilizes flight tests to gather crucial data and make improvements before the next vehicle rolls out for liftoff. Defying gravityThe SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from the Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty ImagesStarship’s eventful third test flight achieved multiple milestones before ending prematurely and likely breaking apart. The spacecraft was expected to splash down in the Indian Ocean at the end of its hourlong flight, but SpaceX lost Starship’s signal shortly after the vehicle reentered Earth’s atmosphere. However, the third flight of Starship flew longer and higher than either of the previous tests.

Persons: Chandan Khanna, axolotls, Stephen Dalton, ”, Randal Voss, Jiji Press, James Webb, “, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, NASA, SpaceX, Getty, Starship, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, NASA’s, Golden Records, Clipper, Japan Monkey, Jiji, Gorillas, James Webb Space Telescope, CNN Space, Science Locations: South Texas, Texas, Boca Chica , Texas, Turkey, Xochimilco, Inuyama, United States, Columbia , South Carolina, Panama, —, Scarborough , England

☆ Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for U.S. intelligence agency, sources told Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space company and national security agencies. The network is being built by SpaceX's Starshield business unit under a $1.8 billion contract signed in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, the sources said. SpaceX, the world's largest satellite operator, did not respond to several requests for comment about the contract, its role in it and details on satellite launches. The satellites can track targets on the ground and share that data with U.S. intelligence and military officials, the sources said. The spy satellites will house sensors provided by another company, three of the sources said.

Persons: Jared Isaacman, Elon, SpaceX's, Biden, Tesla Organizations: SpaceX, National Reconnaissance Office, Street, NRO, Reuters, Pentagon, ., U.S ., U.S, U.S . Space Force, CIA Locations: Starbase, Boca Chica , Texas, Ukraine, U.S, Starlink, Russia, China

☆ 17 crucial upgrades helped SpaceX finally get Starship to space without exploding
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

SpaceX's third test launch of its Starship mega-rocket went off without a hitch. SpaceX has made a series of upgrades to the rocket system that helped it finally reach space. As for Starship, SpaceX added three new angled liquid oxygen vents to the underside of the engine skirt that likely helped with attitude control. AdvertisementWhile this was the most successful Starship test launch to date, it didn't achieve all mission objectives. AdvertisementSpaceX officials said the company plans to complete at least six more Starship test flights this year, subject to regulatory approval, Reuters reported.

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☆ SpaceX’s Starship hits key milestones in test flight but is lost now
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A SpaceX Starship rocket launched on its third test flight from the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas and achieved multiple milestones Thursday morning before likely breaking apart. “But again, just it’s incredible to see how much further we got this time around.”SpaceX also never intended to recover Starship after this flight test. The Super Heavy booster burned through most of its fuel and broke away from the Starship spacecraft, the upper stage that rides atop the Super Heavy. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the “mishap” involving both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft. The SpaceX Starship rocket system lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, for its third integrated test flight on Thursday.

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☆ SpaceX launches third test flight of massive Starship rocket
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpaceX launches third test flight of massive Starship rocketSpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket flew further than previous tests, with the flight lasting about an hour before breaking up above the Indian Ocean.

Organizations: SpaceX Locations: Boca Chica , Texas

☆ SpaceX Starship launches successfully, notches new milestones on way around Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's company launched Starship at about 9:25 a.m. The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 14, 2024. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty ImagesSpaceX has flown the full Starship rocket system on two tests in the past year, with launches in April and November. The Starship system is designed to be fully reusable and aims to become a new method of flying cargo and people beyond Earth. Starship's staggering sizeThe SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 14, 2024.

Persons: Elon, Musk, Chandan Khanna, we've Organizations: SpaceX, Elon Musk's, AFP, Getty, Federal Aviation Administration, Afp, Super, FAA, NASA Locations: Boca Chica , Texas, Starbase

☆ It looks like Elon Musk will help launch a new Ad Astra school on a former horse ranch in Texas this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A job listing indicates that a new Montessori Ad Astra school will open this summer. Musk cofounded Ad Astra in 2014. AdvertisementA job listing indicates that Elon Musk is planning to launch a new Ad Astra school in Texas. Musk cofounded Ad Astra in 2014 with Josh Dahn. Ad Astra appears to be partnering with Xplor Education, a firm that provides software for childcare operators, to form the new Montessori school.

Persons: Musk, —, Elon Musk, Josh Dahn, Dahn, it's, execs, didn't Organizations: Ad Astra, Astra, Service, Business, Xplor Education, Montessori, The New York Times, Maria Montessori Institute, The Boring, SpaceX, Times, Bel Air Locations: Texas, Boca Chica , Texas, Bastrop , Texas, Austin

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border. Although SpaceX is proposing swapping the public land for 477 acres, it has not yet purchased that property. The deal started in 2019 as a conversation between the state and SpaceX. But it was finally worked out in 2023, said David Yoskowitz, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's executive director. We the voters of Texas have given you money to purchase valuable land," Reed said, referring to the state's Centennial Parks Conservation Fund.

Persons: ” Jeffery D, Hildebrand, Greg Abbott, David Yoskowitz, Cyrus Reed, Reed, Kathryn Lueders, ” Organizations: SpaceX, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Boca, Gov, Texas Parks, Wildlife Department's, Democratic, Texas General Land, Lone Star, Sierra Club, Parks Conservation Fund, Texas, NASA, “, Texans, Wildlife Locations: MCALLEN , Texas, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Boca Chica, Brownsville , Texas, Austin, Florida

Grimes alleged Elon Musk spent less than half his time in 2023 in Texas, in recent legal filings. Musk still spends two to three days a week in California, Grimes alleged. AdvertisementElon Musk — who moved Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas in 2021— has been spending less than half his time in the Lone Star State, Grimes alleged in recent legal documents. Musk quietly sued Grimes in Texas court in September to establish a "parent-child" relationship with the kids. While Grimes has said the child was with Musk in Texas over her objection, the details around the arrangement, and how she responded, are unclear.

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SpaceX has said it employed more than 1,800 people at Starbase, jobs that supported thousands of others, and that it was proud to be an active part of the community. It didn’t respond to requests for comment. Workers prepare the SpaceX Starship ahead of a launch on April 18, 2023. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty

Persons: Patrick T, Fallon Organizations: SpaceX, Workers, Getty Locations: Starbase, AFP

☆ Humanity’s Future or an Unwelcome Interloper: SpaceX’s Starbase Transforms a Corner of Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | Photographs Verónica G. Cárdenas For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Elon Musk’s space company is blasting off the world’s most powerful rockets in this corner of Texas—and remaking it along the way. Supporters say Space X’s Starbase represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the course of Brownsville and the Rio Grande Valley, which has long struggled with poverty.

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☆ SpaceX Starship: What’s next for the most powerful rocket ever built
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Mere moments after SpaceX’s Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — was lost in a test flight Saturday, a somewhat complicated narrative around the vehicle began to emerge. “What we did today will provide invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship,” SpaceX said Saturday in a statement. SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. The Starship spacecraft was then able to ignite its own engines and break away from the Super Heavy rocket booster to continue the mission. SpaceX's Starship rocket prototypes are seen at the SpaceX Starbase in Brownsville, Texas, on August 19, 2023.

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But the rocket's Super Heavy first stage booster, though it appeared to achieve a crucial maneuver to separate with its core Starship stage, exploded over the Gulf of Mexico shortly after detaching, a SpaceX webcast showed. Meanwhile, the core Starship booster carried further toward space, but a few minutes later a company broadcaster said that SpaceX mission control suddenly lost contact with the vehicle. "We have lost the data from the second stage... we think we may have lost the second stage," SpaceX's livestream host John Insprucker said. About eight minutes into the test mission, a camera view tracking the Starship booster appeared to show an explosion that would suggest the vehicle failed at that time. SpaceX in a post on social media platform X said the core Starship stage's engines "fired for several minutes on its way to space."

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[1/3] Spectators look on as SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, is prepared for launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 17 2023. Starship is mounted atop its towering Super Heavy rocket booster in what will be the second attempted flight of both vehicles together. The launch had been scheduled for Friday but was pushed back by a day for a last-minute swap of flight-control hardware. SpaceX is aiming to at least exceed Starship-Super Heavy's performance during its April 20 test flight, when the two-stage spacecraft blew itself to bits less than four minutes into a planned 90-minute flight. SpaceX has since reinforced the launch pad with a massive water-cooled steel plate, one of dozens of corrective actions that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration required before granting a launch license on Wednesday for the second test flight.

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☆ SpaceX Starship’s second test flight ends in loss of megarocket
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Michael Ryan | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. And after months of rebuilding following an explosive initial launch in April, SpaceX made a second attempt at launching its deep-space rocket system Starship, but not all went according to plan. Defying gravitySpaceX's megarocket Starship launched for a second test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on Saturday. The Wonder Theory team is taking some time off for Thanksgiving. Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt.

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☆ Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket and spacecraft lost in second test flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Leighton Rowell | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft successfully separated after liftoff, as the Starship lit up its engines and pushed away. SpaceX's Starship launches on its second test flight from the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday morning. The method was used to separate the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket after liftoff. Then, the spacecraft’s flight termination system was triggered to prevent it from veering off course, bringing an early end to the test flight. After April’s explosive first test flight, SpaceX noted “success comes from what we learn, and we learned a tremendous amount.”

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☆ SpaceX attempts second Starship rocket launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX is set to make a second attempt at launching its Starship rocket to space on Saturday, with the company looking to push development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones. ET, in which to launch Starship from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX first launched a full Starship rocket system in April. The Federal Aviation Administration cleared SpaceX for a second launch attempt earlier this week. The launch attempt comes on the heels of renewed backlash against SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over comments made online.

Persons: SpaceX's, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Boca Chica, SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Brownsville , Texas, U.S, Boca Chica , Texas, Kauai

☆ SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - SpaceX postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to Saturday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, citing a piece of flight control hardware that needed replacing. "We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday," Musk wrote on messaging platform X. The launch is set to take place at the company's Starbase site on the Gulf of Mexico near Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX is aiming to make a second attempt at launching its 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship rocket system into space for the first time, following an April test flight in which the rocket exploded roughly four minutes after lifting off from Texas.

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☆ SpaceX Starship: World’s most powerful rocket ready for takeoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —After months of rebuilding and clearing red tape following the April explosion of the Starship system’s first test flight, SpaceX is set for its next attempt. The Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heavy booster is intended to play a key role in the NASA Artemis III moon mission, currently slated for 2025. After its fuel is spent, the Super Heavy will detach from the Starship spacecraft and fall back toward the ocean. “These delays may seem small in the big scheme of things but … delays in each and every test flight adds up. One group of activists sued the FAA in May, alleging regulators had failed to comply with federal environmental law when they greenlit Starship’s April test flight.

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☆ SpaceX Is Ready for the 2nd Launch of Its Starship Moon and Mars Rocket
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kenneth Chang | More About Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX is preparing for the second test flight of Starship, the giant rocket that is being built to carry NASA’s astronauts to the surface of the moon and Elon Musk’s ambitions to Mars. The Federal Aviation Administration granted regulatory approval for the launch on Wednesday, setting up an attempt on Friday morning. SpaceX will stream the launch live on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter that is also owned by Mr. Musk. There is a two-hour window during which SpaceX could launch. Test missions frequently lift off later in a launch window as flight managers work to assure that systems are functioning as designed.

Persons: Elon Musk’s Organizations: SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, Boca, Mr Locations: Boca Chica , Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Brownsville

☆ SpaceX Starship: FAA grants launch license for Friday test launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Federal regulators have granted SpaceX permission to launch a long-awaited second test flight of its Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — following an explosive first attempt in April. The agency then completed a safety review on October 31 for SpaceX’s planned second test flight. That process concluded on November 14, according to a statement from the agency, allowing FAA to issue the launch permit. Environmental concernsSpaceX may also face additional pushback from environmentalists ahead of — or in the wake of — the second launch attempt. The group of environmental and wildlife advocates that previously sued the FAA could still attempt to seek an injunction to stop the next launch.

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☆ FAA clears SpaceX to launch second Starship flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sara Salinas | In Saracsalinas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the second spaceflight attempt of its towering Starship rocket, the agency said Wednesday. The company needed approval from the FAA pending an environmental review led by the FAA and the U.S. Musk said earlier this week he expected to receive clearance to attempt another launch as early as this week. Please check back for updates.

Persons: Musk Organizations: SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, Elon, FAA, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service Locations: Starbase, Boca Chica , Texas, U.S

☆ Side-by-side photos show 4 major changes made to SpaceX's Starship rocket system after its first launch ended in an explosion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementMore than a thousand changes have been made to the rocket since and it is now "ready to launch" again Musk recently said. SpaceX's enormous Starship mega-rocket is made of two stages: the Starship spaceship and its booster, the Super Heavy booster. The Starship-Super Heavy launch system is made up of two stages. Instead, for Starship's maiden test flight, SpaceX decided to see if they could absorb the force of the flames with a thick concrete launchpad alone. The FAA will still need to review the changes made to the Starship launch system before it can grant a new license.

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☆ An amateur Scottish soccer club is accusing Elon Musk's SpaceX of stealing its logo, but says it doesn't plan on suing, and would rather he buys the team
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The logo is very similar to that of an amateur soccer team in Scotland. Haddington Town AFC proceeded to joke about Elon Musk joining the team, and invited to him to buy the club. As more pictures of the badge emerged, it caught the attention of Haddington Town AFC. As well as the soccer club, it appears on the local high school's badge, on statues in the town, and even engraved on lamp posts. But Haddington Town AFC saw the funny side of things, joking on X about Musk joining the club.

Persons: Elon Musk, Ro Organizations: SpaceX, Haddington, Elon, Service, Haddington Town AFC Locations: Scotland, Wall, Silicon, Boca Chica , Texas

☆ FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship rocket that exploded, outlines ‘corrective actions’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Kristin Fisher | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday it has closed its “mishap” investigation into the April SpaceX Starship test flight that ended after the rocket exploded over the Gulf of Mexico. The FAA says the investigation “cites multiple root causes” and “63 corrective actions SpaceX must take to prevent mishap reoccurrence,” the agency said in a statement. SpaceX has said it is ready to try to launch Starship again. But the FAA must issue a launch license, and one of the holdups has been the mishap investigation. “You can think about that launch date slipping probably into ’26.”In August, Free told CNN “my level of concern is the same” after a trip to visit SpaceX’s launch site a month earlier.

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