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After spending months on a week-long mission, Sunita Williams finally meets the SpaceX capsule that will bring her back from space
The mission, launched on Saturday, marked a critical milestone in their extended stay in space, wit…
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Did Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket make a hole in Earth's ionosphere? A US space physicist claims it did
A Falcon 9 rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month has made a temporary hole in Ea…
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A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test
Tianbing Aerospace Technology said it was testing its rocket engine when the Tianlong-3 left the la…
Matthew Loh
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WATCH: Chinese space rocket accidentally takes off prematurely while testing and crashes into a hill within a minute
In an unexpected turn of events, Beijing-based aerospace company Space Pioneer conducted a static f…
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Europe hopes to take on Elon Musk's SpaceX with new rocket launch
On Tuesday, the Ariane 6 rocket is set to blast off from a spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the…
Tom Carter
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is annoyed with SpaceX's big rocket launches
Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, filed concerns to the FAA about SpaceX's Starship rocket l…
Jaures Yip,Morgan McFall-John…
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Here’s why a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is crashing into the moon after 7 years
The upper stages of SpaceX rockets usually return back to Earth after they’re sent into space an…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX is aiming to launch its most-used rocket once a week on average this year
Elon Musk's prediction follows reports that SpaceX is aiming to fly 52 rockets into orbit this year.
Kate Duffy
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A chunk of SpaceX rocket that has drifted through space for years is on a collision course with the moon
Astronomers tracking space junk predict it will crash into the moon in March, making it potentially…
Marianne Guenot
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India’s space agency wants to design and build reusable rockets for the world
The Indian Space Research Organisation has said that it wants to design and build reusable rockets.…
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Photo shows the moment lighting struck the launchpad as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket was preparing for liftoff
Severe weather at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced the Falcon Heavy launch attempt to …
Marianne Guenot
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Elon Musk says SpaceX's Falcon rocket is aiming for 60 launches in 2022, doubling the number of flights made last year
The company also expects 4,200 Starlink satellites to be in operation by 2024, which would be two-t…
Dominick Reuter
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NASA launches DART probe on a head-on collision course with an asteroid
NASA is testing a method it might one day use to save Earth from a city-killing asteroid. Ramming a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX has launched a billionaire-funded crew of space tourists into orbit - the first civilian mission of its kind
SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission has carried a group of four amateur space travelers to Earth's orbit,…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch SpaceX launch 4 space tourists into Earth's orbit
The Inspiration4 crew members have never been to space. They've only trained for five months. Their…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX is poised to make rocket launches 10 times cheaper with Starship, experts say
SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket reached a major milestone on Thursday, pushing Elon Musk's ambition t…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Elon Musk owned SpaceX completes its first polar orbit mission as Falcon 9’s booster nails off-shore landing
Instead of making use of the Earth’s gravitation spin to reach low orbits like usual, the rock…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX catches Falcon 9’s rocket head for the third time in a row — with a giant net out in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
Elon Musk and his space company SpaceX make catching a rocket head with a giant net, in the middle …
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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch another 60 Starlink internet satellites into Earth’s orbit tonight
The next big batch of Starlink satellites will take to the skies tonight. The 60 new satellites wil…
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Elon Musk wants SpaceX to catch rockets returning from outer space rather than have them land
Till now, the return of Falcon 9 boosters involved touching down on a boat or a launchpad using …