SpaceX conducts Starship fueling test
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
SpaceX performed a fueling test of its Starship launch vehicle Monday. During the test, SpaceX loaded the Starship upper stage and Super Heavy booster with more than 4.5 million kilograms of liquid oxygen and methane propellants and went through a practice countdown without igniting its engines. The rehearsal was one of the last major testing milestones before SpaceX will be ready for an orbital launch attempt. Another upcoming test is a static fire of all 33 Raptor engines in the base of the Super Heavy.
SpaceX performed a fueling test of its Starship launch vehicle Monday. During the test, SpaceX loaded the Starship upper stage and Super Heavy booster with more than 4.5 million kilograms of liquid oxygen and methane propellants and went through a practice countdown without igniting its engines. The rehearsal was one of the last major testing milestones before SpaceX will be ready for an orbital launch attempt. Another upcoming test is a static fire of all 33 Raptor engines in the base of the Super Heavy.| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Senate committee advances Isaacman nomination to lead NASA
Posted: Sun, May 4 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, May 9
Isro to launch radar imaging satellite RISAT-1B aboard PSLV-C61 on May 18
India Today — 6:05 am ET (1005 GMT) Isro facing multiple challenges in building Bharatiya Antariksha Station: Director of Human Space Flight Centre
Indian Express — 6:05 am ET (1005 GMT) European spacecraft could dock with future Indian space station
India Today — 6:04 am ET (1004 GMT) Ohio House Passes Resolution Supporting Relocation of NASA Headquarters to Cleveland
WKTN-FM Cleveland — 6:03 am ET (1003 GMT) Korean satellite to head into space with NASA's Artemis II lunar mission
JoongAng Daily — 6:01 am ET (1001 GMT) |
