#rocket Trending Posts - STEMGeeks

over 1 year ago

2024 Rocket Launches in Review In October 2023, Bill Gerstenmaier, SpaceX’s Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability, shared an ambitious target: 144 launches in 2024 . The company fell slightly…

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7 months ago

2025 Rocket Launches in Review SpaceX is still the dominant player in the global launch market. China has been picking up steam by increasing the launch rate for the Long March family by 41%. There might be…

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9 months ago

New Glenn Mission 2: NASA's EscaPADE Mission [13.11.25; 19:57 UTC] Edit 1: launch moved from the 7th to the 9th. Note: FAA has announced launch restrictions starting November 10th due to the government shutdown. Edit 2: 1st launch attempt…

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12 months ago

Starship Flight Test 10 Recap Starship flight test 10 featured booster B17 version 2 and ship 37 version 2. Key observations: One booster engine failed and did not restart. @StarshipCobson noted a…

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over 1 year ago

Starship Flight #7 [Live: 16.01.2025; 22:00 UTC] SpaceX is preparing for its seventh integrated flight test ( IFT 7 ), featuring Ship 33 (version 2) and [Booster 14](

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over 1 year ago

The Sixth Integrated Test Flight (IFT 6): Starship's Record-Breaking Turnaround [19.11.24; 22:00 UTC] The sixth flight of SpaceX's Starship program came much sooner than many expected. Ship 31 and Booster 13 —aka palindrome flight 3113—are ready for launch. This will mark…

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almost 2 years ago

Starship IFT 5 is a GO! - October 13th After some public back-and-forth between the FAA and SpaceX regarding the launch schedule, SpaceX has officially secured the green light to launch on October 13th instead of late…

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over 1 year ago

Another Success for SpaceX and the Starship Program The recent Starship launch was another major milestone for SpaceX. Starship successfully reignited one Raptor engine during the coast phase, reentered Earth's atmosphere…

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almost 2 years ago

Success for SpaceX: Super Heavy Booster Catch Accomplished In a major win for SpaceX, they’ve successfully caught the Super Heavy Booster on the first attempt! This follows the previous attempt, where the booster landed with an accuracy…

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10 months ago

Starship IFT-11 Recap The recent Starship flight test, IFT-11, marked the final launch of the version 2 ship and booster. Wikipedia: Starship Flight Test 11 notes the use of booster B15 (second…

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