Video filmed ahead of a SpaceX 4th integrated test flight of the Starship rocket with a pair of test firings. The first was a full duration test fire of all six Raptor engines. The second was a single ...

Alas, pressure in the Starship header tanks, located in the upper part of the vehicle, was not high enough. Effectively, this deprived the Raptor engines of the thrust they needed to slow down enough.

"Inside Starship cargo bay," Musk tweeted Tuesday, to accompany a video of the Starship. "Header tanks mounted in tip of nosecone to offset engine weight at rear." Inside Starship cargo bay.

The first test of the SN7 Starship tank, which leaked but did not explode, was a promising sign for the program's development, Musk said in comments on June 15, 2020. The company is shifting from ...

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on ...

During its third test flight, SpaceX transferred around 10 metric tons of liquid oxygen from Starship’s header tank to its main tank while it was in space. The upcoming demonstration, however ...

The release described the COPV as a pressurized tank containing gaseous nitrogen in the rocket’s nosecone area, adding there is ”no commonality between the COPVs used on Starship and SpaceX ...

During the third demonstration mission, SpaceX aims to conduct an in-space engine burn using the header tank at the top of the rocket, as Musk explained. This is to demonstrate reentry capabilities.

Starship Test Tank SN7.1 was pressurized to bursting point – on purpose – to aid data into the construction of future Starships made from 304L Steel Alloy.

The flight would also test transferring propellant from that header tank to the main propellant ... Those Starship tests will take place as SpaceX continues to increase the launch rate of Falcon 9 ...

SpaceX is getting ready for the 4th integrated test flight of the Starship rocket with a pair of test firings. ... The second was a single engine firing using the header tanks.