Ars Technica

Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It’s worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history of human spaceflight next week. Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, NASA ...
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SpaceX Starship upper stage explodes during countdown to engine test firing

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...
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Starship flight 12 targets May 12 from Starbase pad 2 — first launch of the stretched V3 upper stage

SpaceX is targeting May 12, 2026, for the twelfth test flight of its Starship mega-rocket, a mission that would introduce the stretched Version 3 upper stage for the first time. The launch is planned ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Starbase propellant plant wins approval; Vulcan nears key launch

It took them 9 fucking MONTHS to fix that? No wonder they're not getting the attention Rocket Lab is. RL is putting ULA to shame in cadence. There was a Reddit rumor about RL buying ULA about a year ...
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Here’s the latest at SpaceX with LabPadre: April 23

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Over at the Massey Outpost, Starship 39 continued its test campaign. The ship was loaded with propellants and performed what appeared to be a spin prime test, ...