SpaceX
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35.8KSpaceX backup Starship reaches full height after nosecone installation
SpaceX has installed another Starship’s nosecone, all but completing the second full-size prototype a matter of days before the first fully-assembled Starship’s...
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11.8KSpaceX ‘go’ for 50,000-foot Starship launch debut after static fire, Elon Musk says
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX’s first fully-assembled Starship prototype is on track for its 15-kilometer (~50,000 ft) launch debut after completing...
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16.4KA SpaceX rocket just aced its seventh launch and landing for the first time
For the first time ever, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster has successfully completed seven orbital-class launches and landings, leaving the company...
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12.0KStarlink competitor Xfinity launches data caps, which SpaceX says it will not use
SpaceX’s Starlink project has a series of main competitors in the internet market, one of the largest being Comcast’s Xfinity. The Philadelphia-based...
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9.9KSpaceX to attempt same-day Starship static fire, Starlink launch [livestream]
SpaceX is in the process of attempting static-fire the first fully-assembled Starship prototype as few as four hours before a Falcon 9...
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9.7KSpaceX’s most important Falcon 9 booster yet returns to port with a lean
On November 19th, what is likely SpaceX’s most important Falcon 9 booster yet returned to Port Canaveral with a surprise – perhaps...
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23.5KSpaceX scrubs Falcon 9’s seventh-flight debut for more “mission assurance”
Update: SpaceX has scrubbed Falcon 9’s seventh-flight debut and the 14th Starlink launch this year to allow more time for “data reviews”...
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22.3KSpaceX aces rare Falcon 9 land landing, first California launch in a year and a half
A Falcon 9 rocket has aced a rare ‘land’ landing as part of SpaceX’s first California launch in almost a year and...
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13.0KSpaceX’s NASA Falcon Heavy launch debut a step closer as interplanetary payload powers up
Maxar Technologies says it’s powered on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for the first time, pushing the asteroid explorer a step closer to the...
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12.7KSpaceX’s plans for a reusable Dragon spacecraft fleet detailed by Gwynne Shotwell
President and COO Gwynne Shotwell says that SpaceX is simultaneously building a fleet of reusable, orbital Dragon spacecraft designed to support a...
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19.3KSpaceX’s Elon Musk hints at “notable” Starship changes, explains static fire anomaly
CEO Elon Musk has offered an explanation for SpaceX’s recent Starship static fire anomaly and says that an overview of the next-generation...
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24.7KSpaceX still eyeing back-to-back East and West Coast launches this weekend
Update #2: SpaceX’s Starlink-15 launch has slipped to Sunday, November 22nd, roughly 36 hours after Sentinel 6A’s scheduled November 21st launch. Update:...
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12.2KSpaceX Crew Dragon aces third autonomous space station docking
Update: A SpaceX Crew Dragon has successfully performed an autonomous rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station (ISS) for the third...
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11.2KSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket nails first operational NASA astronaut launch [updated]
Update: SpaceX has successfully resolved a handful of minor thermal control issues facing the brand new Crew Dragon capsule currently ferrying four...
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9.1KSpaceX Crew-1 launch set for Sunday, ULA successfully launches spy satellite
On Friday evening, Nov. 13, NASA and SpaceX announced that the first operational Commercial Crew Program mission of the Crew Dragon would...
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11.4KSpaceX Starship saved by ‘burst disk’ after Raptor static fire ends badly
Around 7:15 pm local time, SpaceX Starship prototype SN8 fired up one or several Raptor engines for the third time ever, catching...
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17.9KSpaceX Dragon spacecraft to have a continual presence in space starting this year
Days after NASA confirmed that SpaceX is on track for a Crew Dragon launch on November 14th and the first Cargo Dragon...
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18.6KSpaceX fires up Crew-1 Falcon 9 rocket for Saturday astronaut launch
Update: SpaceX has fired up new Falcon 9 booster B1061 after loading the full two-stage rocket with liquid oxygen and kerosene (RP-1)...
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26.4KSpaceX Starship wraps up nosecone ‘cryo proof’ and first of several Raptor static fires
SpaceX has successfully ‘cryoproofed’ the first fully-assembled Starship prototype’s nose-based propellant tank and used that same tank to fire up a Raptor...
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9.4KSpaceX’s first operational NASA astronaut mission (almost) ready for launch
SpaceX and NASA have completed the last major review standing between Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 and the duo’s operational astronaut launch...
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