SpaceX sends Falcon 9’s West Coast drone ship to the Panama Canal in surprise move
In a surprise turn of events, SpaceX has decided to send Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) - one of the…
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SpaceX announces Falcon 9 SmallSat Rideshare program with launches to start in 2020
Elon Musk's private space venture, SpaceX, has announced that it is expanding its launch services to directly address the growing…
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SpaceX’s Florida Starship hits growth spurt as Texas Starship begins bulkhead installation
In the last week alone, SpaceX's twin orbital Starship prototypes have made some truly jaw-dropping progress. Onlookers have witnessed Florida's…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says first orbital Starship prototype flight debut is just weeks away
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, one or both of the company's two orbital Starship prototypes could be "ready to…
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SpaceX’s crewed Dragon launch debut likely to slip into 2020 as NASA pursues “realistic” dates
In a recent blog post, NASA made it clear that changes happening to leadership within the agency - specifically within…
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Tesla on Mars: A vision of an all-electric infrastructure on the Red Planet
The words Elon Musk and Mars find themselves in the same sentence frequently, and for good reason. After all, why…
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SpaceX delays expendable Falcon 9 satellite launch for an unprecedented second static fire test
First reported by NASASpaceflight.com, SpaceX has delayed Falcon 9 B1047.2's third and final launch due to issues with the booster's…
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DeepSpace: China tests SpaceX-reminiscent grid fins after iSpace snags orbital milestone
Eric Ralph · August 1st, 2019 Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, Teslarati space reporter Eric Ralph hand-crafts…
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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 for expendable Block 5 launch as bad weather threatens delays
SpaceX has fired up twice-flown Falcon 9 booster B1047 ahead of Block 5's second expendable launch ever, but the company…
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SpaceX moves Starhopper back to launch pad, puts 200m hop test on the calendar
On July 28th, SpaceX wrapped up modifications to a rented robotic lift vehicle and carefully moved Starhopper back to its…
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SpaceX to mature Starship Moon landing and orbital refueling tech with NASA’s help
NASA has announced 19 technology partnerships between the agency's many spaceflight centers and 13 companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin, and…
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SpaceX transports Falcon 9 to launch site ahead of Block 5’s second expendable launch ever
Photos published on July 28th by customer Spacecom show a sooty SpaceX Falcon 9 booster and fresh upper stage on…
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SpaceX retracts Falcon 9 booster’s landing legs a second time after speedy reuse
Following the Falcon 9 booster's second successful NASA launch in less than three months, SpaceX recovery technicians have once again…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts uncut Falcon 9 landing video: reentry burn to touchdown
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has posted a unique, uninterrupted view of Falcon 9's latest landing, completed by booster B1056 on…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts uncut Raptor, drone videos of Starhopper’s flight test debut
Some two hours after Starhopper's inaugural untethered flight, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to post an uncut video…
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SpaceX’s Starhopper nails first untethered flight as CEO Elon Musk teases next test
Starhopper has completed its first untethered flight ever, simultaneously a small step for the awkward prototype and a giant leap…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster nails landing in lead-up to next NASA-sponsored reuse milestone
SpaceX has nailed its 24th Falcon booster reuse and 44th Falcon booster landing with Falcon 9 B1056's flawless Landing Zone-1…
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SpaceX set for second CRS-18 launch attempt with flight-proven Falcon 9, spacecraft
After exceptionally bad weather conditions forced SpaceX to scrub its first CRS-18 launch attempt on Wednesday, July 24th, the weather…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hints that Starship’s ‘sweating’ metal heat shield is no more
In the latest entry of SpaceX's ever-changing Starship design process, CEO Elon Musk has indicated that the nominally reusable orbital…
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SpaceX’s Starhopper aborts first free flight after igniting Raptor engine, catching fire [updated]
SpaceX has aborted Starhopper's inaugural untethered flight test shortly after the planned T-0 liftoff time and is in the process…
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