SpaceX Starship fires up three Raptor engines in prelude to high-altitude flight
Update: At 1:21am CDT (6:21 UTC) on October 20th, Starship SN8 ignited all three of its Raptors' preburners, producing a…
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SpaceX’s second rocket recovery drone ship leaves port during Starlink launch
On October 18th, SpaceX's second booster recovery 'drone ship' left Port Canaveral at the exact same time as a Falcon…
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SpaceX orbits 60 more Starlink satellites, recovers booster, and catches fairing halves
SpaceX has successfully orbited another batch of 60 Starlink satellites, landed the Falcon 9 booster that launched it, and caught…
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SpaceX installs flaps on first high-altitude Starship’s nosecone
After a great deal of hardware shuffling, SpaceX has settled on a nosecone for its first high-altitude Starship prototype and…
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SpaceX adds third Starlink launch to busy October manifest
SpaceX has added another Starlink launch to its October manifest and plans to support the mission with a record-breaking Falcon…
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Ron Baron doesn’t want TSLA investors to forget about SpaceX
Many Tesla investors are in it for the long haul, not looking to let go of even a fraction of…
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SpaceX schedules Starship’s first triple-Raptor static fire test
A photo posted by CEO Elon Musk confirms that SpaceX has successfully installed three functional Raptors on Starship SN8 just…
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SpaceX’s Starship wins $53M from NASA for full-scale orbital refueling test
SpaceX's Starship program has won $53 million from NASA to perform a full-scale test of orbital propellant transfer, taking the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 14th Starlink mission on Sunday
Spaceflight Now reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is five days out from the company's 14th dedicated Starlink launch,…
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SpaceX, Elon Musk to headline HBO biopic series by Channing Tatum production company
HBO is developing a biopic-style show focused on the achievements of Elon Musk and SpaceX, specifically highlighting the company's successful…
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SpaceX competitor Blue Origin completes first suborbital launch in 10 months
Prospective SpaceX competitor Blue Origin has completed a suborbital launch of its reusable New Shepard rocket for the first time…
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SpaceX ships upgraded cargo spacecraft to Florida for first orbital Dragon rendezvous
SpaceX says it's shipped the first upgraded Dragon 2 cargo spacecraft to Florida, opening the door for the first simultaneous…
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SpaceX partners with US military to study using rockets for worldwide cargo delivery
SpaceX has partnered with the U.S. Military to study joint cargo transportation efforts using the private spaceflight company's Starship rockets.…
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SpaceX’s mystery October launch identified as a US spy satellite
A week after signs of the mission first appeared, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has confirmed that SpaceX's mystery October…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster and first thrice-flown fairing return to port [photos]
In a period of just 12 hours last Friday, SpaceX successfully returned Falcon 9 booster B1058 and two payload fairing…
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SpaceX Starship prototype gearing up for first static fire with three Raptor engines
Two days after Elon Musk announced that Starship SN8 "passed cryo proof" testing, SpaceX has begun installing three Raptor engines…
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SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship prototype just “passed cryo proof” testing
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the first high-altitude Starship prototype - known as SN8 - just "passed cryo proof"…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk entertains ‘Flag of Mars’ featuring Falcon 9
SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk have their sights set on taking humans to Mars in the near future, and…
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SpaceX churning out Starship Super Heavy booster parts ahead of first stacking
SpaceX is busy churning out dozens of steel rings for Starship's first Super Heavy booster, the assembly of which CEO…
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SpaceX Starlink aids Native American tribe: “It catapulted us into the 21st century”
Just a week after news broke that SpaceX was gifting Starlink internet service to Washington State's Emergency Management department, the…
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