Teslarati
AUGUST 2, 2021
In a virtually unprecedented feat of engineering and rocketry, SpaceX appears to have installed a full 29 Raptor engines on Starship’s first flightworthy Super Heavy booster in a single evening. One by one, Raptors were rolled out of that tent and by 5am CDT, an incredible 25 engines had been spotted and installed on Super Heavy.
Teslarati
JANUARY 31, 2023
SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation Starship rocket. Set to be the largest, most powerful, and most capable rocket in history, Starship is primarily built out of steel and designed to be fully reusable.
Teslarati
JULY 2, 2021
Six weeks after assembly began, SpaceX has completed Starship’s first true Super Heavy booster prototype, rolled it out of its ‘high bay’ nest, and installed the building-sized rocket at the launch pad. Super Heavy Booster 3 on test pad A: pic.twitter.com/PEsjdIocVI — Starship Gazer (@StarshipGazer) July 1, 2021.
Teslarati
MARCH 18, 2022
This is the first time a Moon rocket has rolled out of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building since Saturn V headed to Pad 39A for Apollo 17 in 1972. km/h) while loaded and is designed to carry a payload of up to 18 million pounds (~8100 tons). km) journey to Pad 39B atop Crawler-Transporter 2.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Starship’s central ‘thrust puck’ is just two or so meters in diameter and designed to support the ship’s three gimballing Raptor Center (RC) engines. It’s also designed to support a good deal more than three Raptors. That’s where Tuesday’s deliver becomes significant. lbf) of thrust at liftoff.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
AMP has developed an all-electric high performance, high efficiency drive train for installation into select modern passenger vehicles. The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. AMP will use the Remy HVH250 electric motors in their custom electric vehicle conversions.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program’s Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle—the agency’s next big rocket is taking shape. It’s designed to take a huge amount of cargo and people to deep space.
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