SpaceX's workhorse rocket is almost halfway to reaching ambitious reusability goals
Thanks to a recent cluster of major milestones, SpaceX's family of Falcon 9 and Heavy rockets are rapidly nearing the…
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SpaceX rocket booster makes it back to port after hard drone ship landing
SpaceX has completed its third rocket launch of 2020 and the most recent booster to launch safely returned to Port…
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SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket expected to reach major launch milestone in 2020
Hours after SpaceX launched its 240th new Starlink satellite into orbit, Elon Musk took to Twitter to cryptically reveal that…
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SpaceX just caught its first rocket nosecone in 5 months (and the booster landed, too)
One of SpaceX's net-outfitted recovery ships has just completed the company's first successful Falcon 9 nosecone (payload fairing) catch in…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk set for Starlink launch, Tesla earnings double-header
SpaceX has delayed its latest Starlink launch once more after high winds forced the company to recycle an attempt originally…
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SpaceX set to launch 240th Starlink satellite as space internet nears prime time
SpaceX is just hours away from a Monday launch that should leave the company with almost 250 Starlink satellites in…
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SpaceX just won its first Falcon 9 launch contract of the year
SpaceX has won its first Falcon 9 launch contract of 2020, adding to an already substantial backlog of missions scheduled…
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SpaceX’s first ever Block 5 booster gives one last hurrah, in photos
After helping SpaceX enter a new era of routine rocket reusability, the very first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster is…
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SpaceX fires up rocket for second launch in two days but high seas threaten delays
SpaceX has static fired a Falcon 9 barely 24 hours after its most recent launch and could launch a second…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft sails home after flawless in-flight abort test
SpaceX's newest Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully returned to port aboard one of the company's dedicated recovery vessels, neatly wrapping…
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon is about to escape a supersonic rocket: here's how to watch live
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to attempt to escape a supersonic Falcon 9 in what will likely be the…
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NASA says SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort test is go for launch on doomed Falcon 9 rocket
NASA has formally given SpaceX permission for Crew Dragon's second launch - a crucial test flight that should be the…
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SpaceX's Falcon rockets might need a giant tower on wheels for US military launches
SpaceX reportedly plans to build a massive mobile gantry - effectively a tower on wheels - at one of its…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shown off in unprecedented detail ahead of next US Air Force launch
The United States Air Force (USAF) has published a number of spectacular photos shared by SpaceX, revealing some unprecedentedly detailed…
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SpaceX set for back-to-back weekend launches: Crew Dragon abort test, 60 more Starlink satellites
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets are currently on track to launch back-to-back missions just a handful of days from now,…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 greeted by iconic Florida sunset after first rocket landing of the decade
After completing its fourth flawless orbital-class launch and landing in 16 months, SpaceX's latest reusable Falcon 9 rocket has successfully…
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Elon Musk says a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to be "destroyed in Dragon fire"
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially confirmed that the company's next Falcon 9 launch will destroy the flight-proven booster and…
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SpaceX puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit with first rocket launch of the year [photos]
SpaceX has kicked off a record-breaking 2020 launch manifest with a spectacular combination of Starlink satellites and a Falcon 9…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft shown off in photo ahead of next launch
NASA has published a new SpaceX photo of the next Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch and confirmed that the…
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[Update] SpaceX rocket launch kicks off a potentially record-smashing year for Falcon 9
Update: After spinning itself around its vertical axis a bit like a propeller, SpaceX's expendable Falcon 9 upper stage has…
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