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The November test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, although successful, ended in flames. Much was speculated on social media about the cause, but only now we finally know what actually happened.

Martin Hodás · Jan 13, 2024 · Hot! with 7 comments

Elon Musk indicates that the SN10 engines lacked thrust. The rocket landed at 10 m/s, damaging some parts. It also used "Helium in header" to atone for SN8's explosion, but that was also problematic.

Ather Fawaz · Mar 10, 2021 with 1 comment

Starship SN8 executed an almost perfect high-altitude flight test before plummeting towards the earth at a velocity greater than the intended threshold. SpaceX and Musk extolled the test as a success.

Ather Fawaz · Dec 10, 2020 with 26 comments

Microsoft has released a new MSN News beta app for Android and iOS. The app features a complete design overhaul and includes a bunch of new features to help make the news-reading experience better.

Craig Mu · Jan 31, 2018 · Hot! with 9 comments

Moving on from last year's crash while landing, Facebook's Aquila drone has completed its second voyage successfully. Data collected from the flight will help the team further improve the design.

Stergios Georgopoulos · Jun 30, 2017 · Hot! with 3 comments