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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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Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX for an 'exciting' launch of Starship after the rocket exploded
Starship made its first attempt at space and burst into a fireball on the way. Elon Musk tweeted sh…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Key NASA rocket test ends with early engine shutdown
A key rocket test for NASA's much-delayed Space Launch System (SLS) ended in an early shutdown as f…
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is set to launch the first orbital rocket from UK soil on Monday. Watch live as the rocket drops from a Boeing 747.
Virgin Orbit crew will proceed cautiously around the launch in case winds or lightning set in, its …
Kate Duffy
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Mystery solved: NASA confirmed the space object that just zipped past Earth is a 1960s rocket booster
Earth's gravity briefly captured the old Centaur booster, leftover from a failed moon mission. It's…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA has collected its first Mars sample. But it needs $4 billion, 10 years, and new technology to bring the rock to Earth.
The Perseverance rover kicked off its search for signs of ancient microbial Mars life. But to compl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China’s unmanned spacecraft makes a successful return to Earth— racing ahead of India on the path to having a space station
China’s manned space program is well on its way to constructing a space station by 2022. Today (May…
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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 …
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SpaceX's Starship rocket is set to splash-land into the ocean near Hawaii in its first flight around the Earth, FCC filings show
SpaceX's Starship rocket will launch on the 23-story Super Heavy booster, which will carry it into …
Kate Duffy
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to suck up asteroid rubble for the first time. Watch the risky maneuver live.
The NASA probe will attempt an intergalactic high-five with asteroid Bennu and use a robotic arm to…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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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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Humans will be able to live for longer periods on the Moon in this decade, says NASA
"We're going to be sending people down to the surface and they're going to be living on that s…
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Watch SpaceX's prized Starship mega-rocket explode into a fireball in a video of its first attempt to launch into space
Elon Musk looked on as Starship tumbled back toward Earth, eventually bursting into flame and smoke…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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Elon Musk wants SpaceX's biggest rocket ready to launch in July, but experts say he may not get his wish
Elon Musk has very optimistic timelines and there's still much work to be done on Starship with Jul…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and 'guaranteeing excitement'
SpaceX is preparing to launch its Starship rocket to orbit as soon as Monday, April 17. Starship co…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Elon Musk: 'SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports' for its Starship rocket to reach the moon, Mars, and fly passengers around Earth
After SpaceX posted two jobs for offshore engineers, Musk confirmed the company is creating ocean p…
Dave Mosher
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US astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return to Earth aboard a Russian spacecraft amid concerns that US-Russia space relations have deteriorated
"The reality is Mark Vande Hei is coming home on March 30 with Anton and Pyotr, period," said NASA …
Cheryl Teh
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10 Things in Tech: Amazon’s guide to AI in different industries, Earth’s neighboring star, and workers look for less stressful jobs
In today's edition: HR is torn on job applicants using AI, Elon Musk gets government approval for p…
Diamond Naga Siu
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More than 185,000 people have signed petitions to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth
Bezos and three others are set to fly to the edge of space on a Blue Origin rocket. Thousands of pe…
Kate Duffy
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Watch NASA roll out its moon-bound megarocket for the first time on Thursday evening
The Artemis I rocket is poised to make history when it launches to the moon for the first time in J…