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SpaceX SpaceX is once again set to launch its massive Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — on a third test flight.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Related article SpaceX gets green light for third Starship test flight
The Super Heavy booster — the first stage, or bottommost part, of the launch vehicle roared to life and soared out over the Gulf of Mexico.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Classified as a super heavy-lift launch vehicle, the 400-foot-long Starship rocket is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Right now, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is the only US launch vehicle offering crew or cargo service to the International Space Station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
The launch vehicle for this mission was changed from Northrop Grumman’s own Antares 230+ rocket to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ended engine and booster production for the Antares program.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Earlier Friday, Pyongyang's state media said Kim had ordered authorities to increase production of mobile launch vehicles for missiles because the country faces a looming military showdown with its enemies.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
This was the 48th flight of an H-IIA rocket, which has been Japan's workhorse launch vehicle since debuting in 2001.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
The hardware in question is the first stage of the flight version of the New Glenn launch vehicle.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Related article SpaceX gets green light for third Starship test flight
The Super Heavy booster — the first stage, or bottommost part, of the launch vehicle roared to life and soared out over the Gulf of Mexico.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Classified as a super heavy-lift launch vehicle, the 400-foot-long Starship rocket is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Right now, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is the only US launch vehicle offering crew or cargo service to the International Space Station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
The launch vehicle for this mission was changed from Northrop Grumman’s own Antares 230+ rocket to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ended engine and booster production for the Antares program.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Earlier Friday, Pyongyang's state media said Kim had ordered authorities to increase production of mobile launch vehicles for missiles because the country faces a looming military showdown with its enemies.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
This was the 48th flight of an H-IIA rocket, which has been Japan's workhorse launch vehicle since debuting in 2001.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
The hardware in question is the first stage of the flight version of the New Glenn launch vehicle.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Launch vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20vehicle. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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