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The Starbase production site is getting an expansion called Starfactory, which should help SpaceX’s plans to produce at least one megastar per day. The construction cost of the Starfactory, which will occupy 9,290 square meters of Starbase’s factory space, is $100 million. After the extremely successful fourth test flight of the Starship (both stages were […]
SpaceX has launched Starship for the fourth time, sending a 122-meter rocket from its Starbase launch site near Boca Chica in southern Texas. The mission was successful for the first time: first, the first stage made a soft landing, and then the ship itself. The fourth test flight had two main goals: to ensure the […]
SpaceX is preparing for the fourth launch of its Starship rocket on June 5, with the main goal of testing a reusable second-stage heat shield to ensure safe re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. This was reported by TechCrunch. During the test, new ceramic tiles will be tested to protect the rocket from extreme temperatures during […]
As SpaceX was preparing for the fourth Starship flight at its facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, a Starship Raptor engine appears to have burned up at SpaceX’s rocket engine test site in McGregor, also in Texas. Local media reported a powerful explosion during the test, with flames engulfing the tower. So far, there have been […]
The Euclid Space Telescope team has published five new images of space that showcase a multitude of celestial objects in unprecedented detail. “Euclid is called a “dark universe” detector because its main mission is to study two of the most mysterious elements of space: dark energy and dark matter (dark matter). Dark energy is a […]
Since 2022, SpaceX has been working on launching a satellite communication service, which is scheduled for 2024. In this project, the company is cooperating with T-Mobile and other international operators. Obviously, there has been some progress in this direction – SpaceX has passed an important milestone in the development of the service and demonstrated its […]
Engineers of Elon Musk’s company announced on the social network X that SpaceX has completed a launch rehearsal for the fourth Starship flight. The transportation system was fully fueled during the event. Musk commented on SpaceX’s post about the rehearsal of the Starship launch, noting that the next Starship flight will take place in about […]
The United Kingdom intends to build the world’s largest ground-based optical telescope, the Very Large Telescope (ELT), according to a recent bulletin from the National Center for Astronomical Technology. It is planned that the first instrument to be used on the telescope will be created by this institution. The construction of the giant facility, the […]
The MRO orbiter has found a disabled InSight lander among the Martian dust. With the help of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), a dead robot was seen on the surface of the Red Planet,writes Mashable. The main goal of the MRO mission is to observe the surface of Mars in search of evidence of the […]
According to The New York Times, the US Department of Defense is in a hurry to expand its capabilities to wage war in space. Washington is convinced that China and Russia’s lightning-fast progress in space operations poses a serious threat to U.S. satellites in orbit. As journalists have learned, the details of the Pentagon’s plans […]