The first test of SpaceX’s water deluge system at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Gif: NASASpaceflight/Gizmodo On April 20, SpaceX wantonly launched its Starship megarocket without ...

SpaceX’s answer is what CEO Elon Musk called “a mega-steel pancake.” The water deluge system is composed of a very thick perforated steel plate that sits directly underneath the rocket and ...

SpaceX gave its new Starship water-deluge system, which is designed to protect the launch pad against the superpowerful rocket, its first full-up test on July 28.

Invest 97L could develop into a tropical depression or storm this weekend near Florida. Regardless of development, heavy rain is likely. Here’s the latest on this system.

Once operational, the system will work to suppress the power of SpaceX’s megarocket, which exerts nearly 17 million pounds of thrust at launch.

SpaceX also shared a striking image capturing the moment the water blasts out, and offered a closer look at the system in action in slow motion. Additional view of Starship flame deflector test ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...

The D.C. area has been under a drought watch for almost a year, but with rain in the last few weeks, including Friday’s deluge, is the region out of the woods?

SpaceX conducted a full-pressure test of a new water deluge system for its Starship launch vehicle on Friday, as the company looks to resolve one of the biggest problems that cropped up during the ...

SpaceX conducted a full-pressure test of a new water deluge system for its Starship launch vehicle on Friday, as the company looks to resolve one of the biggest problems that cropped up during the ...