SpaceX fires off Starship SN11’s Raptor engines before rocket’s first high altitude flight TODAY

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its fourth Starship prototype, following a successful Raptor static fire test that send a burst of flames from the base of Serial Number 11 (SN11), signaling it is ready to soar. The pre-check test ensures that the massive rocket’s three engines are ‘healthy’ for the voyage after one did … Read more

SpaceX fires off Starship SN11’s Raptor engines ahead of rocket’s first high altitude flight TODAY

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its fourth Starship prototype, following a successful Raptor static fire test that send a burst of flames from the base of Serial Number 11 (SN11), signaling it is ready to soar. The pre-check test ensures that the massive rocket’s three engines are ‘healthy’ for the voyage after one did … Read more

Demand for beach huts rockets by 260% in six months with hundreds of Britons planning ‘staycations’

Beach huts have soared in demand as Britons look to holiday at home for a second year amid concerns foreign trips will be banned. Prices to buy and rent the wooden shacks have rocketed despite most having few utilities and mainly being used for storage. Property website OnTheMarket found estate agents have seen searches surge … Read more

Iran shows off ‘missile city’ with rows of ballistic rockets in an underground depot

Iran shows off new ‘missile city’ with rows of ballistic rockets stashed in an underground depot in chilling challenge to the West Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami visited the new missile base Footage broadcast by state TV showed rows of missiles stashed at the facility  He bragged that it is only a ‘small section’ of … Read more

At least five rockets slam in to base housing US troops in Iraq in latest rocket attack

An American drone strike on Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020 killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force and one of the country’s most powerful men, and brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of all-out war. While the strike marked a sudden and violent escalation of tensions between the two countries, trouble has … Read more

SpaceX’s Starship SN 10 launch is aborted after the rocket’s onboard computers detected an issue

SpaceX‘s Starship Serial Number 10 (SN10) aborted its first high altitude test flight moments after igniting its powerful Raptor engines. The massive rocket was set to take off from the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas following a completion of pre-launch checks – but the 165-foot tall, stainless steel vehicle never left the launch … Read more

Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad 

Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad  Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, sources say  One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone  The attack is the third in a week to target Western installations in the country   By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline Published: 16:53 GMT, … Read more

The rise of the old terrors: referrals of over 60s to counter-extremism scheme rockets by nearly 90%

OAPs suspected of being terror threats have rocketed by 90 per cent in three years –  after authorities focused on far-right figures ‘to appease critics of the scheme’.  In 2020 alone 97 over 60s were flagged up to Prevent, the Government’s strategy for identifying those who could be at risk of becoming dangerous extremists. It … Read more

Shocking moment fireworks factory explodes in Russia sending thousands of rockets into the skies

Shocking moment fireworks factory explodes in Russia sending thousands of rockets into the skies and locals running for cover A fireworks factory caught fire in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, set off mass explosion The wildly dangerous fireworks display lasted minutes lighting up night sky Over 400 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze on the morning of Dec … Read more