The FAA gave Elon Musk’s SpaceX a license to move forward with a test flight that will try to catch a rocket booster between two metal pincers known as “chopsticks.” ...

In the test flight, the 16-story prototype of the Starship spaceship - a version called Starship serial No. 8, or SN8 - hoisted itself from the launchpad and shot tens of thousands of feet into ...

Notably, the company launched a 2020 test flight of a prototype rocket, called Starship SN8, without obtaining prior approval from the FAA for a public safety waiver. At the time, the FAA said it ...

he tweeted. The SN8 was given a nosecone and flaps for the flight The Boca Chica facility has developed a line of ever-more complex prototypes. The philosophy has been to test each iteration until ...

Serial Number 10 (SN10) touched down in Boca Chica, Texas - in contrast to its predecessors SN8 and SN9 ... by the test. The prototype successfully executed its in-flight manoeuvres and managed ...

SpaceX was ready to launch its latest prototype of its Starship rocket about six miles into the air on Thursday. That is, until the Federal Aviation Administration stepped in - and possibly ...

SpaceX has previously run afoul of the FAA in Starship testing. Notably, the company launched a 2020 test flight of a prototype rocket, called Starship SN8, without obtaining prior approval from the ...