SpaceX's Starship might have released harmful air pollutants into the atmosphere, as well as shards of hot metal.

Collateral Damage When a multi-ton spacecraft blows up mid-air, it turns out that you can't just brush aside its ...

The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) ...

Until recently, the TVC mounts were 3D printed, but [Joe] upgraded it to machined aluminum to eliminate as much flex and play as possible. Since solid-fuel rockets can’t technically be throttled ...

The rapid unscheduled disassembly (aka explosion) of SpaceX's Starship megarocket that rained scorching fragments of metal across the Caribbean in mid-January may have released significant amounts ...

At the very least, Starship’s stainless steel design is less of a concern than traditional aluminum rockets. When they break up in the atmosphere on re-entry, they generate aluminum oxides ...

He also thinks the final version would drop the concept's carbon fiber in favor of more aluminum components. The other key is getting the interior just right, and Warming's plan is to keep things ...