The head of Poland’s space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory.
The rocket booster propels the hypersonic vehicle to ... “So is the Typhon – a ground-based launcher for SM-6 missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles. Having a combination of long-range weapons ...
The Starship spacecraft, also known as the vehicle’s upper stage, is designed to ride to space atop a 71-meter-tall (232-foot-tall) rocket booster called Super Heavy. If the next launch attempt ...
In that test, Starship’s mammoth booster, or the bottom of the rocket, successfully returned to the launchpad, but the upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated over the Caribbean, with some debris ...
Despite the booster mishap, SpaceX confirmed the successful deployment of all 21 Starlink satellites. This mission marked the 20th orbital rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast this year.
"Following the successful landing, an off-nominal fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the booster's landing legs which resulted in it tipping over." SpaceX launched a batch of 21 ...