Hacker News with Generative AI: Starship

FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase (arstechnica.com)
Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got some good news from the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Regulation, Starship
11 points by tomrod 17 days ago | 0 comments
Fundamental miscalculation in the design of Starship V2 and its engine section (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
SpaceX, Starship, Engineering, Rocketry
24 points by JumpCrisscross 65 days ago | 0 comments
Anonymous sources: Starship needs a major rebuild after 2 consecutive failures (behindtheblack.com)
According to information at this tweet from anonymous sources, parts of Starship will likely require a major redesign due to the spacecraft’s break-up shortly after stage separation on its last two test flights.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Engineering, Failures
40 points by jethronethro 65 days ago | 24 comments
Anonymous sources: Starship will need a major rebuild after consecutive failures (behindtheblack.com)
According to information at this tweet from anonymous sources, parts of Starship will likely require a major redesign due to the spacecraft’s break-up shortly after stage separation on its last two test flights.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
16 points by wallflower 72 days ago | 8 comments
SpaceX Make the Same Mistake Twice with Starship Flight 8 (youtube.com)
SpaceX, Starship, Spaceflight
7 points by fallinditch 77 days ago | 0 comments
Days Since Starship Exploded counter made it to 48. It's back to zero again now (theregister.com)
SpaceX's latest attempt to fly its Starship has again ended in a rapid unscheduled disassembly.
SpaceX, Starship, Space Exploration, Rocket Launches
19 points by beardyw 77 days ago | 28 comments
SpaceX's Starship explodes in second failure for Musk's Mars program (theguardian.com)
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, dooming an attempt to deploy mock satellites in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Failures, Starship
28 points by prawn 78 days ago | 1 comments
SpaceX launches Starship on 8th test flight, tries to catch returning booster [video] (youtube.com)
SpaceX, Starship, Space Exploration, Rocketry, Video
13 points by busymom0 78 days ago | 7 comments
SpaceX to launch Starship Flight 8 suborbital test mission from Starbase (spaceflightnow.com)
SpaceX is preparing for the launch of its latest Starship test flight from its Starbase facility in southern Texas as soon as Monday, March 3.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Launch
4 points by JumpCrisscross 81 days ago | 1 comments
Starship's Eighth Flight Test (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
65 points by LorenDB 88 days ago | 85 comments
What can we send to Mars on the first Starships? – Casey Handmer's blog (wordpress.com)
As of today, it is 601 days until October 17, 2026, when the mass-optimal launch window to Mars opens next.
Space Exploration, Mars, Starship, Launch Windows
6 points by bilsbie 88 days ago | 1 comments
Mere weeks after Starship's breakup, the vehicle may soon fly again (arstechnica.com)
A little over a month after SpaceX's large Starship launch ended in an explosion over several Caribbean islands, the company is preparing its next rocket for a test flight.
SpaceX, Starship, Space Exploration, Rocketry, Testing
24 points by amichail 92 days ago | 81 comments
It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX's Starship probe still has some bite (arstechnica.com)
The seventh test flight of SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a little more than two weeks ago. The in-flight failure of the rocket's upper stage, or ship, about eight minutes after launch on January 16 rained debris over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Atlantic Ocean.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, FAA, Accidents
10 points by isaacfrond 109 days ago | 0 comments
It's Time to Admit It: Starship Is an Embarrassing Failure (planetearthandbeyond.co)
It's not just the failed test launches; Starship simply isn't what was promised.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
9 points by keepit 114 days ago | 1 comments
Starship blew up in front of us. Had to divert (reddit.com)
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
14 points by richbray 126 days ago | 2 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 126 days ago | 0 comments
SpaceX loses Ship 33 during Starship Flight 7 (twitter.com)
SpaceX, Starship, Space Travel, Rocketry, Accidents
9 points by LorenDB 127 days ago | 7 comments
SpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flight (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — SpaceX plans to test several upgrades to its Starship vehicle on its next test flight, scheduled for as soon as Jan. 10, as well as conduct the first payload deployments from it.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Test Flights, Payload Deployment
4 points by rbanffy 137 days ago | 0 comments
Starship's Seventh Flight Test (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
7 points by LorenDB 140 days ago | 1 comments
SpaceX just got what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches (arstechnica.com)
A day after SpaceX launched its Starship rocket for the sixth time, the company received good news from the Federal Aviation Administration regarding future launch operations from its Starbase facility in South Texas.
SpaceX, FAA, Space Exploration, Texas, Starship
24 points by TMWNN 184 days ago | 35 comments
SpaceX Starship's Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds (nytimes.com)
SpaceX’s new Starship rocket far exceeds projected maximum noise levels, generating a sonic boom so powerful it risks property damage in the densely populated residential community near its South Texas launch site, new data suggests.
SpaceX, Starship, Sonic Boom, Aerospace, Environmental Impact
14 points by cainxinth 185 days ago | 9 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 198 days ago | 0 comments
China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX's Starship (arstechnica.com)
When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country's first super heavy lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster.
Space Exploration, China, SpaceX, Rockets, Starship
8 points by perihelions 200 days ago | 3 comments
SpaceX Booster Came Within 1 Second of Aborting Its First 'Catch' Landing (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster came within a second of aborting a “catch” landing attempt on the latest Starship test flight, according to audio posted online, apparently inadvertently, by Elon Musk.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Engineering
17 points by m463 208 days ago | 6 comments
How SpaceX's starship caught its booster: Control engineering [video] (youtube.com)
SpaceX, Starship, Control Engineering, Engineering, Video
28 points by dtquad 217 days ago | 4 comments
Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video] (twitter.com)
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Video
2263 points by alecco 222 days ago | 1350 comments
Starship's Fifth Flight Test (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship
13 points by codewiz 225 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 227 days ago | 9 comments
SpaceX update regarding Starship FAA flight approval (spacex.com)
Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 who commanded the Inspiration4 mission, announced today the Polaris Program, a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities, while continuing to raise funds and awareness for important causes here on Earth.
SpaceX, Starship, FAA, Spaceflight
76 points by redox99 255 days ago | 293 comments
'Catastrophic' SpaceX Starship explosion tore a hole in the atmosphere last year (livescience.com)
SpaceX, Starship, Space Exploration, Accidents
5 points by amichail 266 days ago | 0 comments