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Elon Musk's SpaceX could be ordered to take down its huge Starship launch tower in Boca Chica, the FAA has warned
The FAA said it had yet to complete an environmental review of the Texas launch site, meaning Space…
Grace Dean,Kate Duffy
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Stunning photos of SpaceX's rocket prepping for today's launch
During ascent, the grid fins stay tucked parallel to the side of the rocket, as shown below. It's o…
Jessica Orwig
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Elon Musk says SpaceX is building a launch pad for Starship orbital flights on Florida's eastern coastline
Elon Musk said SpaceX's launch pad in Florida will have a better launch tower and ground systems th…
Kate Duffy
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SpaceX wants to build this futuristic campus in Florida to support an astonishing number of rocket launches
The proposed plan for Florida comes shortly after SpaceX raised $507 million and gained approval to…
Dave Mosher
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How big is the SpaceX Starship mega-rocket? Photos show how tall it is
SpaceX's Starship is the biggest rocket ever built by height, but it can be hard to depict how enor…
Crystal Raypole
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Why yesterday's SpaceX launch was such a huge deal for space travel
Elon Musk's Starship rocket achieved a world first on Sunday after its Super Heavy booster was caug…
Ellie Zolfagharifard,Morgan M…
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Here's how Jeff Bezos' giant new rockets compare to Elon Musk's
Blue Origin - Bezos' privately aerospace company - will design and build two types of "New Glenn" r…
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk said SpaceX will fly its Starship spaceship into orbit for the first time in January, but warned the first attempt might not be a success
Musk gave a new date for Starship's first orbital flight. He'd previously predicted it would launch…
Kate Duffy
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Watch SpaceX fire up one of the world's biggest rocket boosters, Super Heavy, for the first time ahead of Starship's planned orbital launch
Starship, SpaceX's mega-rocket system, is made of two parts - a ship and a Super Heavy booster, des…
Kate Duffy
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Photos show SpaceX's Starship rocket blew a crater into its launchpad and flung concrete chunks hundreds of feet during liftoff
Photos from SpaceX's Starship facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, show the damaged launchpad, a field …
Kelly McLaughlin
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'Rich guys love rockets': These are all the rockets Trump just showed off during a cabinet meeting
Testing for that rocket is moving along, and many years from now, it may tower above and outdo all …
Dave Mosher
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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars
Starship already proved it could fly into space. Now it's shown the world it can come back in mostl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk released a supercut of SpaceX rocket explosion videos with never-before-seen footage
Today SpaceX has more or less perfected launching Falcon 9 rockets, dropping off customer payloads …
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch its Starship mega-rocket to orbit for the first time this year
SpaceX's Starship rocket is stacked atop its 23-story Super Heavy booster at the company's Boca Chi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch SpaceX launch 4 astronauts aboard a recycled Crew Dragon spaceship for NASA on Friday
SpaceX's reusable Crew Dragon spaceship is reviving human spaceflight for NASA. It's about to launc…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk's SpaceX plans a record 144 launches next year for Starlink's Direct to Cell service
The schedule means Elon Musk's company will launch a mission every two-and-a-half days on average.
Polly Thompson
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SpaceX just launched and landed a Mars spaceship prototype in a major test flight in Texas
Though the launch lasted less than a minute, the late-night spectacle was the first true flight of …
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX just scrubbed an ambitious Starship rocket launch after the engines automatically aborted
Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, slash the cost of reaching space 1,000-fold,…