Enlarge / SpaceX’s Ship 24 rolls to the launch website in South Texas this week. (credit score: SpaceX)
Welcome to Version 5.02 of the Rocket Report! Simply as a heads up, I want to notice that it’s now extra than simply theoretical that SpaceX’s Starship and NASA’s Area Launch System rocket might make their orbital launch makes an attempt throughout the identical month, August 2022. Whereas I’d not say it is possible, each rockets presently have notional launch targets inside three weeks of each other subsequent month.
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A Minotaur rocket explodes after launch. A Minotaur II+ rocket exploded 11 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base on Wednesday night time, Noozhawk studies. (The rocket’s influence with the bottom made a somewhat spectacular fireball, per an eyewitness supply). There have been no accidents within the explosion and the particles was contained to the rapid neighborhood of the launch pad, Vandenberg officers mentioned early Thursday. An investigative assessment board has been established to find out the reason for the explosion, Vandenberg officers mentioned.
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