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SpaceX calls the launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the identically named Starship second-stage. [9] To avoid confusion, "Starship" in this article on the flight testing phase (2019–2024) means the second-stage, while the complete launch vehicle will be referred by the particular prototype booster and ship serial number.
The Hafele–Keating experiment was a test of the theory of relativity. In 1971, [ 1] Joseph C. Hafele, a physicist, and Richard E. Keating, an astronomer, took four caesium -beam atomic clocks aboard commercial airliners. They flew twice around the world, first eastward, then westward, and compared the clocks in motion to stationary clocks at ...
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This week, see the second test flight of Starship, meet South Africa’s shy shark species, unravel a stellar mystery, and more. SpaceX launch attempt ends in loss of most powerful rocket ever ...
SpaceX said Wednesday that the company is aiming to conduct the uncrewed test flight Friday, during a two-hour launch window that opens at 8 a.m. ET. The launch will take place at SpaceX’s ...
This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human death or serious injury. These include incidents during flight or training for crewed space missions and testing, assembly, preparation, or flight of crewed and robotic spacecraft. Not included are accidents or incidents associated with intercontinental ...
SpaceX Starship. A Starship prototype in launch configuration: Starship spacecraft S24 stacked on Super Heavy B7. Starship is a two-stage fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. As of July 2024, it is the most massive and powerful vehicle ever to fly. [ 4] SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of ...
From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown, all launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. [ 2 ] The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one ...