Hacker News with Generative AI: Starship

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

3 points by amichail 2 days ago | 0 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 19 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 24 days ago | 1 comments

Starship blew up in front of us. Had to divert (reddit.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship

14 points by richbray 36 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 36 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

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 47 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 50 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 93 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 95 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 107 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 109 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 118 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 127 days ago | 4 comments

Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video] (twitter.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Video

2263 points by alecco 132 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 135 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

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 165 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 175 days ago | 0 comments

Starship Dimensions (merzo.net)

Space Exploration, Starship, Engineering

11 points by Tomte 234 days ago | 1 comments

Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight (spacenews.com)

Spaceflight, SpaceX, Starship

58 points by lordwiz 261 days ago | 30 comments

SpaceX's Starship rocket completes test flight, successfully splashes down (cnbc.com)