Tag: Boca Chica Beach
SpaceX preps for new launch; Starship SN9 fires engines Wednesday
A successful static-fire engine test shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday clears the way for a high-altitude launch from Boca Chica Beach of SpaceX’s Starship...
SpaceX’s Starship program racks up wins in 2020
It was a year of milestones for SpaceX’s Starship development program at Boca Chica, most recently on Dec. 9, when the SN8 achieved the...
Feedback sought: FAA conducts scoping for Starship assessment
The Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting feedback during a public scoping period as part of a draft environmental assessment (EA) of SpaceX’s plans to...
Feedback sought: FAA conducts scoping for Starship assessment
The Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting feedback during a public scoping period as part of a draft environmental assessment (EA) of SpaceX’s plans to...
History of SpaceX SN8 prototype launch
SpaceX has been testing the engines on SN8 for several weeks in anticipation of today's success launch.
Here is a look at important dates for...
‘Awesome Test’: SpaceX SN8 reaches 41K feet on hop
“Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!” was SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s response not long after the explosive crash landing of SN8 following a successful...
SpaceX aborts test launch of SN8 at final second
Sometimes rocket science is super anticlimactic.
Such was the case at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday outside Brownsville, when SpaceX's planned launch of the SN8 Starship prototype...
SN8 poised for launch today
SpaceX is poised to make the first high-altitude, suborbital test flight from Boca Chica Beach today, with the SN8 Starship prototype.
As with every launch,...
SN8 poised for launch today
SpaceX is poised to make the first high-altitude, suborbital test flight from Boca Chica Beach today, with the SN8 Starship prototype.
As with every launch,...
