Booster 4 (B4) was the third full stacked Super Heavy booster prototype that was originally intended to fly on the first Orbital Flight together with S20, however, Elon Musk announced …

Jan 16, 2025 · SpaceX aimed to conduct a chopsticks catch of Super Heavy on Flight 6 as well, but a communication issue with the launch tower nixed that try, and the booster diverted for a …

SpaceX intentionally limited Block 3 and Block 4 boosters to flying only two missions each, [2][3] but the company indicated in 2018 that they expected the Block 5 versions to achieve at least …

20 hours ago · Jan. 29 (UPI) --SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired the first-stage booster rather …

Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [ 81 ] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being …

Jan 16, 2025 · The booster was also re-using one of the rocket engines from a previous Starship flight for the first time. This story has been updated with additional information from SpaceX, …

Jan 14, 2025 · SpaceX now plans to launch each Falcon 9 booster up to 40 times. Engineers temporarily removed two Falcon 9 boosters from SpaceX's launch rotation in 2023 for in-depth …

Jan 16, 2025 · SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.. Elon Musk’s …

Sep 23, 2024 · After its recovery ships were spotted near the splashdown zone of the Super Heavy booster for the fourth Starship test flight last week, SpaceX has recovered pieces of the …

Sep 24, 2024 · On June 6th, 2024, the fourth orbital test flight of the Starship successfully lifted off at 07:50 a.m. CT (08:50 a.m. EDT; 06:50 PDT) from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas. This test …