Hacker News with Generative AI: Rocketry

The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off (technologyreview.com)
Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Technology

65 points by pseudolus 9 days ago | 37 comments

ULA's Vulcan rocket still doesn't have the Space Force's seal of approval (arstechnica.com)
With a Space Force review still ongoing, ULA is removing its next Vulcan rocket from the launch pad.

Space Exploration, Space Force, Rocketry, ULA, Vulcan Rocket

5 points by rbanffy 9 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX's Starship test flight ends in failure after spacecraft is destroyed (theguardian.com)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Rocketry, Failures

5 points by teleforce 35 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX loses Ship 33 during Starship Flight 7 (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Starship, Space Travel, Rocketry, Accidents

9 points by LorenDB 36 days ago | 7 comments

After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly (arstechnica.com)
After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and on what appeared to be the company's fifth attempt Friday, Blue Origin successfully ignited the seven main engines on its massive New Glenn rocket.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Blue Origin

113 points by fenced_load 55 days ago | 143 comments

SpaceX hits 400 launches of Falcon 9 rocket (theregister.com)
SpaceX has unlocked an impressive achievement – 400 launches of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Technology

17 points by LinuxBender 84 days ago | 2 comments

SpaceX Super Heavy splashes down in the gulf, canceling chopsticks landing (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Space Exploration, Rocketry

272 points by alach11 94 days ago | 425 comments

Study reveals Starship's sound levels; shows differences between SLS, Falcon 9 (nasaspaceflight.com)
When SpaceX launched Starship and Super Heavy for its first flight test in April 2023, the rocket became the most powerful ever flown, mostly due in part to Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, SpaceX, NASA, Sound

3 points by dangle1 96 days ago | 0 comments

Rocket Lab signs first Neutron launch customer – SpaceNews (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says it has signed the first customer for its Neutron launch vehicle as the company pushes towards a mid-2025 first launch of the vehicle.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Commercial Spaceflight

4 points by rbanffy 99 days ago | 0 comments

China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX's Starship (arstechnica.com)
Based on its latest specifications, the Long March 9 rocket will have a fully reusable first stage powered by 30 YF-215 engines, which are full-flow staged combustion engines fueled by methane and liquid oxygen, each with a thrust of approximately 200 tons.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, China, SpaceX, Starship

3 points by bookofjoe 107 days ago | 0 comments

China's long-term lunar plans now depend on developing its own Starship (arstechnica.com)
China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX’s Starship

Space Exploration, China, SpaceX, Rocketry

7 points by LinuxBender 109 days ago | 0 comments

The New Glenn rocket's first stage (arstechnica.com)
Blue Origin took another significant step toward the launch of its large New Glenn rocket on Tuesday night by rolling the first stage of the vehicle to a launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Blue Origin

6 points by perihelions 114 days ago | 0 comments

Rocket Lab Begins Installation of Large Carbon Composite Rocket-Building Machine (rocketlabusa.com)
Long Beach, California. August 8, 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has begun installation of the largest automated fiber placement (AFP) machine of its kind into the Company’s Neutron rocket production line in Middle River, MD.

Space Exploration, Manufacturing, Rocketry, Aerospace

12 points by taubek 120 days ago | 3 comments

Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy? (theshamblog.com)
No. But they don’t need to.

SpaceX, Rocketry, Engineering

139 points by scottshambaugh 123 days ago | 164 comments

Starship is Still Not Understood (2021) (wordpress.com)
Starship matters. It’s not just a really big rocket, like any other rocket on steroids. It’s a continuing and dedicated attempt to achieve the “Holy Grail” of rocketry, a fully and rapidly reusable orbital class rocket that can be mass manufactured.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Technology, Engineering

57 points by MichaelNolan 131 days ago | 79 comments

SpaceX's "chopstick" launch tower arms have caught its Super Heavy booster (theverge.com)
SpaceX’s “chopstick” launch tower arms have caught its Super Heavy booster.

SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Exploration, Engineering

12 points by october8140 131 days ago | 1 comments

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Exploration

61 points by cube2222 131 days ago | 1 comments

SpaceX's next Starship launch–and first catch–could happen this weekend (arstechnica.com)
We may not have to wait as long as we thought for the next test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket.

SpaceX, Starship, Space Exploration, Rocketry, Space Launch

7 points by amichail 136 days ago | 9 comments

How Did the Vulcan Rocket Survive This Booster Failure?[video] (youtube.com)

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Failures, Engineering, Video

6 points by sbuttgereit 140 days ago | 1 comments

SpaceX grounds its Falcon rocket fleet after upper stage misfire (spaceflightnow.com)
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket fleet was grounded for the third time in three months after a second stage problem occurred Saturday following the successful launch of a Dragon Capsule carrying two crew to the International Space Station.

SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Travel, Space Exploration, Launch Failures

42 points by bookofjoe 145 days ago | 6 comments

Rocket Lab Satellite Launch Puts SpaceX Challenger Back on Track (bloomberg.com)
Rocket Lab USA Inc. launched its small-satellite Electron rocket, getting the company back on track after it aborted a previous attempt during the final countdown.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, SpaceX, Rocket Lab

5 points by JumpCrisscross 150 days ago | 1 comments

Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage (arstechnica.com)
Twenty days after it rolled out to Blue Origin's launch site in Florida, the second stage of the massive New Glenn rocket underwent a successful hot-fire test on Monday.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Blue Origin

32 points by LinuxBender 150 days ago | 3 comments

SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere (nature.com)

SpaceX, Rocketry, Accidents, Atmosphere

6 points by c420 171 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 'tipped over' into the ocean during landing (theverge.com)

SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Travel, Accidents

14 points by mikro2nd 176 days ago | 37 comments

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lost in landing failure (spaceflightnow.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Rocketry, Accidents

34 points by verzali 177 days ago | 17 comments

NASA's SLS rocket's Mobile Launcher-2 increase from $383M to $2.7B (twitter.com)