SpaceX ships hardware for first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to Starbase
SpaceX appears to have delivered hardware that will eventually become part of the first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to its…
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Report: SpaceX to launch at least five back-to-back Crew Dragon missions for NASA
Update: Wasting no time at all, NASA has confirmed the Ars Technica report one day later, announcing that rookie astronauts…
3 years ago
SpaceX to launch Falcon Heavy rocket 3 times in 6 months after latest payload delay
For at least the second time in 2021, unspecified issues with a US military payload have delayed SpaceX's next Falcon…
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SpaceX’s first orbital-class Starship stretches ‘wings’ ahead of Raptor installation
SpaceX's first orbital-class Starship prototype was spotted stretching its 'wings' on Sunday after completing a successful cryogenic proof test late…
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SpaceX snags launch contract from Arianespace after Vega rocket fails twice
In a rare victory for international launch competition, SpaceX has snagged a contract to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite…
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SpaceX Starbase construction takes priority as next orbital Starship, Super Heavy pair come together
As SpaceX teams slowly prepare the first orbital-class Starship and Super Heavy booster for the next-generation rocket's first full-stack launch,…
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SpaceX spacecraft undocks from space station for Dragon’s fifth orbital reentry this year
An upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon has successfully undocked from the Internation Space Station after delivering tons of cargo, setting the…
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SpaceX’s orbital Starship prototype gets frosty during first successful ‘cryoproof’
For the first time, SpaceX has put the first orbital-class Starship - a prototype known as Ship 20 (S20) -…
3 years ago
SpaceX almost ready to launch NASA asteroid impact spacecraft
Update: The NASA official quoted saying that the DART spacecraft had arrived at Vandenberg on September 27th appears to have…
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SpaceX to launch world’s first geostationary propellant depot around the Moon
As part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch that will send a commercial Moon lander on its way to Earth's…
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SpaceX’s orbital Starship prototype sheds tiles, comes to life during first tests
After weeks of mostly invisible - albeit slow and steady - work at Starbase's suborbital launch and test facilities, SpaceX…
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SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to make room for Mechazilla arm installation
For the second time, SpaceX has removed the first potentially flightworthy Super Heavy from Starbase's orbital launch mount - this…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon to perform first space station “flyaround” in November
A member of a NASA safety advisory panel says that SpaceX's second operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will perform the first…
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SpaceX’s next commercial Falcon Heavy launch to carry Astranis rideshare satellite
Geostationary satellite communications startup Astranis has decided to move its first operational satellite launch from a SpaceX Falcon 9 to…
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SpaceX installs Mechazilla ‘claw’ on Starship launch tower
In the latest chapter of SpaceX's Starship launch tower chronicle, the company has rolled a claw-like component to the pad…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Blue Origin’s Starship lawsuit makes no sense
For the first time since SpaceX competitor Blue Origin took NASA to federal court after losing a Moon lander contract…
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SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut shares behind-the-scenes look at largest space window’s ‘first light’
SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor has shared the first behind-the-scenes look at what it was like for the world's first…
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SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch debut may be pushed to 2022 by slow FAA reviews
In a rare sign of material progress, SpaceX and the FAA have finally released what is known as a draft…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink is coming out of its “Beta” phase next month
Starlink is coming out of its beta phase next month, as confirmed by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. With…
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SpaceX Inspiration4 Dragon, Falcon 9 booster return to port after flawless mission
After acing a flawless commercial astronaut launch debut, SpaceX's Inspiration4 Crew Dragon spacecraft, Falcon 9 booster, and the four private…
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