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  • SpaceX Did it Again: Was That One Small Step or One Giant Leap?

    10/14/2025 9:08:32 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 66 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 10/14/2025 | Stephen Green
    SpaceX did it again. At 6:23 p.m. local time — eight minutes late, but who's counting? — the most powerful rocket in history, launched on a column of flame from Starbase, Texas, delivered its second stage to a hot separation, then minutes later made a perfect water landing in the Gulf of America. Even before the Super Heavy first stage had successfully completed its part of Integrated Flight Test 11 (IFT-11), the Ship second stage's six engines moved it to near-orbital velocity, initiating a series of flight, deployment, and engine tests before making its own water landing half a world...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Caught

    10/23/2024 11:49:20 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    NASA ^ | 23 Oct, 2024 | Credit & Copyright: SpaceX
    Explanation: What if a rocket could return to its launch tower -- and be caught? This happened for the first time 10 days ago, after a SpaceX Starship rocket blasted off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, USA. Starship then split, as planned, with its upper stage landing in the Pacific Ocean. The big difference was the lower stage, Super Heavy Booster 12, was caught by its launch tower about 7 minutes later. Catching a rocket for reuse is a new and innovative way to help reduce the cost of rocket flight by making rockets more easily reusable. Starship...