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VideoSecond Starship test article implodes during pressure test
A prototype for SpaceX's Starship vehicle imploded during a pressurization test at the company's facility in South Texas Friday night, an event captured on video by local residents.
VideoSpaceX’s first Starship prototype ruptures during cryogenic test
SpaceX's first partially-assembled Starship vehicle, originally built for atmospheric test flights, ruptured in dramatic fashion Wednesday during a cryogenic loading test at the company's launch facility in South Texas.
VideoElon Musk to provide update on SpaceX’s Starship this weekend
In the last few months, teams of SpaceX engineers working on the flat coastal plains of South Texas and in a nondescript industrial yard on Florida's Space Coast have been building two futuristic-looking stainless steel rockets -- or Starships -- prototypes for a reusable vehicle the company claims could one day ferry people to Mars.
VideoBlue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customer
Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos revealed new details of his space company's reusable orbital-class booster Tuesday, releasing an animation illustrating the rocket's liftoff from Cape Canaveral and announcing a contract with Eutelsat to put a commercial communications satellite on one of the launcher's first missions.