Elon Musk’s SpaceX test launch of Starship ends in ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’
SpaceX successfully caught the Super Heavy Booster, but then lost communication with the ship.
SpaceX successfully caught the Super Heavy Booster, but then lost communication with the ship.
The Starship rocket will be launched for a sixth time Tuesday and its booster will attempt to re-land on its launch tower near Brownsville, Texas.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell echoed CEO Elon Musk’s past criticisms of government regulation, calling for faster launch approvals as the company ramps up test flights for its Starship rocket.
The ship will return with its crew and the two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station early next year.
The mission is the furthest crewed space mission since NASA’s Apollo moon missions.
Two astronauts have been stuck on the International Space Station for two months longer than planned won’t return home until at least February.
Payment company Shift4’s founder and billionaire Jared Isaacman is headed off on the Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to take place from August 26. And, he’ll be one of the first private citizen’s to take a walk in outer space.
The South Australian government’s ‘Kanyini’ satellite is now in orbit, having launched on a SpaceX mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Musk said the decision was made because of a bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom that prevents school districts from requiring employees to notify parents if a student wants to use different pronouns.
A contract between SpaceX and the U.S. is worth $1.8 billion, Reuters reported.