Spadre.com is reporting that SpaceX is performing the first new raptor engine firing on the Spacehopper. The Spacehopper is being held down with tethers. Every Day Astronaut is also reporting live on the test firing. Sheriff just advised road closure will begin at 9:30am. (UTC – 5) livestream https://t.co/ENYz4e0tWI will remain until road closure at …
SpaceX will begin test firing the Starhopper. The Starhopper will be tethered and the hops will not be visible from offsite. This will likely be only a few feet or less of lift in the initial tests. The first integrated test firing of a single engine should happen this week. Saw this on Reddit, so …
SpaceX will not build a new nosecone for the Starhopper. Elon Musk tweeted that the new nosecone is being built for the orbital Starship. Elon has previously indicated that the orbital version of the Starship would be completed in June 2019. Elon Musk has tweeted that the first orbital Starship upper stage prototype should be …
Austin Barnard reports that SpaceX will soon pour the pavement for the StarHopper Launchpad. The Starhopper should begin hop tests in March. They will test three Raptor engines with flights up to just short of 5000 meters in height. Those tests will be followed by an orbital version of the Starship upper stage and then …
SpaceX continues to march ahead with the Starhopper. They are recovering from the wind damaged nose cone for the Starhopper and they placed fuel tanks into the bottom half of the Starhopper. Elon Musk tweeted out a video clip of the testing of the metallic heat shield up to 1100 celsius. [Removed – Starhopper photos …
Austin Bernard has footage of the SpaceX work to repair the half of the Starhopper which was blown over in 50 mph winds. documentation:1-24-19welders already working hard on either restoring or taking apart fairing #spacex pic.twitter.com/WbwBfvmZRU — Austin Barnard (@austinbarnard45) January 24, 2019 Austin Bernard Has Drone Footage of the Boca Chica Starhopper Launch Pad …
Fifty-mile per winds broke the moorings and blew over the SpaceX Starhopper. It will take a few weeks to repair according to Elon Musk. The SpaceX Starhopper is designed to test three new Raptor engines. Raptor engines are nearly twice as powerful as current SpaceX Merlin engines. After the Starhopper performs a series of tests …
SpaceX has taken the Starship Hopper apart again. They are removing the placeholder Raptor engine. They will be adding in the fuel tanks and the new Raptor engines. Elon Musk had sais the previously installed engines were a mix of raptor development and operational parts. The first hopper engine to be fired was almost finished …
SpaceX continues to build the Starship hopper test rocket. They are removing placeholder engines and opened up the rocket to add fuel tanks and the real raptor engines. Here are tweets about progress on the Texas launch site. It still looks pretty good for a February first hop launch test. NEW: Weekend droneshot anticipated South …