The rocket reaches max q at an altitude where an indicated airspeed of 540 mph means a true speed of 1,000 mph or more. (Coincidentally, an SR-71 flying at 65,000 feet at 2,000 mph would also have ...

Terran 1 endured Max-Q (maximum dynamic pressure), the moment expected to place the most stress on the 3D-printed design. The rocket wasn't carrying a customer payload.

This happened after the rocket had passed through max Q, the point at which the vehicle faces maximum dynamic pressure during ascent, and its BE-3 rocket engine was throttling back up to continue ...

History was made today as a private company leapfrogged ahead of NASA by launching the largest, most powerful rocket ever. At 8:36 am CDT, SpaceX's uncrewed Starship lifted off from the company's ...

Usually, if a rocket is going to explode, it'll do it near launch, or close to the point of maximum dynamic pressure (Max-Q).

The rocket did undergo a successful liftoff, completing Stage 1 separation and meeting Max Q (a state of maximum dynamic pressure) as planned. But in Stage 2, the engine appeared to lose ignition ...

Another big question about Relativity's future is how quickly the company pivots away from the Terran 1, with a payload capacity of 1.25 metric tons to low-Earth orbit, to the much larger Terran R ...

Relativity Space's Terran 1 rocket launches from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., late Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The rocket is made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts.

The most powerful rocket ever built has officially launched. With the test flight of SpaceX's unmanned starship on on Thursday from Boca Chica, Texas, scientists have moved one small, but vastly ...