Covering All Things Florida
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship program encountered yet another hurdle this week as the eighth integrated flight test (IFT-8) was scrubbed just moments before liftoff on March 3, 2025.
SpaceX announced today that it is expanding its Starship operations in Florida and will be bringing Starship production and launch capabilities to the Space Coast.
“Really big things are coming to Florida!!!!” said SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell on the X platform today. She’s not kidding.
It’s been no secret that SpaceX has been in the process of building a Starship factory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. That process could take a few years, but according to SpaceX, they won’t be waiting around to finish it before flying Starship here.
Boca Chica, Texas – March 3, 2025 – SpaceX’s highly anticipated eighth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-8) of its Starship rocket was scrubbed on Monday afternoon, just seconds before its scheduled liftoff from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost just made history. Here’s how.
Boca Chica, Texas – March 1, 2025 – SpaceX is gearing up for the eighth integrated flight test (IFT-8) of its ambitious Starship program, tentatively scheduled for Monday, March 3, 2025, from its Starbase facility in South Texas.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Long before Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets its sights on terraforming Mars, the aerospace titan is laying the groundwork to reshape a corner of South Texas.
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Intuitive Machines is set to launch its second lunar mission, IM-2, this Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. Carried on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, the mission will deploy the Nova‑C lunar lander—affectionately named Athena—near the Moon’s south pole.
