spacetoday.net: space news from around the webin association with SpaceNews


SpaceX sets Nov. 18 launch date for sixth Starship test flight
Posted: Sat, Nov 9, 2024, 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
Starship IFT5 landing (SpaceX) SpaceX plans to perform the next Starship test flight as soon as mid-November. The company announced Wednesday that the sixth integrated test flight of Starship/Super Heavy is scheduled for the afternoon of Nov. 18 from the Starbase launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. The upcoming flight will feature incremental changes from the previous flight in October, including doing an in-flight relight of a Raptor engine on Starship and testing changes to the vehicle's thermal protection system. The afternoon launch, rather than a morning liftoff of previous flights, will enable a splashdown in the Indian Ocean during daylight hours. SpaceX also plans to catch the Super Heavy booster back at the launch tower on this flight.
<<previous article   next article>>
news in brief
Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Dec 21 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)



news links
Wednesday, December 25
Ohio legislators to the U.S. Space Force: Happy birthday
Dayton (OH) Daily News — 9:13 am ET (1413 GMT)
Banana in space, In-N-Out on Mars latest in SpaceX hype
San Antonio Express-News — 9:11 am ET (1411 GMT)


about spacetoday.net   ·   info@spacetoday.net   ·   mailing list