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Another setback for Elon Musk's SpaceX after mishap with NASA rescue mission
SpaceX launched its mission to rescue the two Starliner astronauts — but it didn't go entirely acco…
Tom Carter
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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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ISRO moves Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to orbit around Earth in unique experiment
The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbi…
PTI
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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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SpaceX is launching 4 people on a risky mission to fly through radiation belts and do the first commercial spacewalk
SpaceX's latest daring billionaire mission aims to open the Crew Dragon spaceship in the vacuum of …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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20 Starlink satellites rained down on Earth yesterday; turbulent space weather doomed mission recovery
SpaceX faced a setback in its Starlink project as 20 satellites were lost due to a malfunction duri…
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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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Space success: India ushers in 2024 by orbiting XPoSat successfully
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)India on Monday ushered in the New Year in a grand manner by orbiting i…
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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 launched a $214 million NASA satellite into orbit to study black holes and dead stars
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 r…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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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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SpaceX launches 143 satellites after weather problems delayed the record-breaking mission
The mix of commercial and government satellites deployed in the mission made for the largest-ever p…
Ben Winck
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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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Elon Musk's SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites — this time using the same Falcon 9 booster as its first crewed mission
Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX launched another set of 60 Starlink satellites into the sky to…
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SpaceX blasted a GPS satellite into orbit for Space Force — the second it's launched for the US military this year
Nine minutes later after launch, the Falcon 9 rocket booster landed on SpaceX's drone ship "Of Cour…
Kate Duffy
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SpaceX to launch billionaire Jared Isaacman into space with a mission of 3 private astronauts on the Crew Dragon
For SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission, Jared Isaacman is giving seats on the Crew Dragon spaceship to a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX just launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the 100th time, delivering 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit
It the 100th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket for Elon Musk's SpaceX and its 23rd flight in 2020 — the m…
Kate Duffy
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched SiriusXM's new radio satellite into orbit. It will beam down music, sports, and news to subscribers in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean.
The SpaceX mission was supposed to happen on Friday, but Elon Musk's aerospace company had to delay…
Kate Duffy
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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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Photos show how SpaceX's first civilian crew trained by climbing Mount Rainier and flying jets. They launch Wednesday.
The Inspiration4 crew has climbed Mount Rainier and endured a 30-hour simulation inside a Crew Drag…