SpaceX Starship test comes as NASA Dragon ISS flights may end by 2028
- The Guardian, Spaceflight Now and 2 more are now reporting this
- Engadget, CNBC and 2 more are now reporting this
- New headline Was: “SpaceX's giant rocket may leave NASA in the dust”
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Live Coverage: Starship Flight 15 attempts to recover full vehicle in double launch pad catch
First attempt at recovering both Super Heavy and Starship at the launch site on one flight
Spaceflight Now said Starship Flight 15 is set for a Friday window from Starbase, with plans to catch Booster 22 and later return Ship 42 to the pad after deploying Starlink satellites.
SpaceX Starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse
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SpaceX's giant rocket may leave NASA in the dust
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Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test
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Elon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean. BBC News
SpaceX launches first-of-its-kind Starship test flight
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The SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship was designed from the ground up to be fully reusable in a bid to lower launch costs.
SpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocket
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The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas.
Where they agree
- All outlets name "Starship".