05 August 2020
SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype completes important test flight
...teams on the Texas coast, in Boca Chica, the latest incarnation, SN5 is powered by the same methane and oxygen-fuelled Raptor engine SpaceX...flight!" tweeted NASA's top scientist, Thomas Zurbuchen. SN5’s success now clears the way for SpaceX to attempt...
27 April 2020
SpaceX's first full-scale Starship passes key test
.... In the meantime, Musk is already thinking about Starships SN5 and SN6 to facilitate his end game. Both prototypes are...flaps installed, says Musk. "Definitely header tanks & nosecone on SN5, hopefully flaps too. Definitely flaps on SN6,” Musk wrote ...
10 December 2020
SpaceX's Starship test flight explodes during vertical landing manoeuvre
...). That's almost 100 times higher than previous hops and skimming the stratosphere. Earlier this year, SN5 and SN6 prototypes of the Starship rocket carried out short 500-foot test flights, but Wednesday...
