SpaceX, Starship and Elon Musk
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Starbase, Texas, warned residents in a notice that they may lose the right to continue using their property "for its current use." Elon Musk's SpaceX company town is considering a new zoning ordinance and citywide map.
After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.
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SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 fails after a booster loss and payload door malfunction, with the spacecraft falling into the Indian Ocean as an FAA investigation begins.
After launch, an apparent propellant leak entered its suborbital trajectory left Starship spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX reveals why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's enginesAs SpaceX gears up for the ninth test flight of its super-heavy Starship launch vehicle, the company has released findings from its investigation into the explosion of the rocket's upper stage, referred to as "ship", during its eighth test flight in March.
FAA will require aircraft to give Starship a wider berth as SpaceX tests a previously flown Super Heavy booster for the first time.
SpaceX has made several hardware changes and improvements to the rocket since its last test flight, which was foiled by an engine anomaly.