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Max Q: SpaceX gets ready for first human flight
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SpaceX successfully launches 60 more Starlink satellites but misses booster landing
SpaceX has launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, marking its fifth overall launch of a group of…
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Watch SpaceX attempt a rocket reusability record with another Starlink launch live
SpaceX is launching another batch of 60 Starlink satellites to join its existing constellation, which will bring the total to…
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Astronomers warn of ‘worrisome’ light pollution from satellite constellations
The International Astronomical Union has issued the preliminary results from a study on the potential effects of multi-thousand satellite constellations…
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Rocket Lab will launch a satellite to the Moon for NASA to prepare for the Lunar Gateway
Launch startup Rocket Lab has been awarded a contract to launch a CubeSat on behalf of NASA for the agency’s…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is now in Florida to prep for its first flight with astronauts onboard
SpaceX has moved its Crew Dragon commercial astronaut spacecraft to Florida, the site from which it’ll launch in likely just…
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Blue Origin’s new rocket engine production facility opens on Monday
Blue Origin is opening its new rocket engine production center in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, the company said today on…
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Virgin Galactic relocates SpaceShipTwo ‘VSS Unity’ to its spaceport for preparations ahead of commercial flights
Virgin Galactic is one crucial step closer to actually flying paying customers to space: The space tourism company just relocated…
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Rocket startup Gilmour Space gets a $3M grant to develop lighter fuel tanks
Mass is money when it comes to the rocket launch business, and any small savings you can eke out can…
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Astranis raises $90 million for its next-gen satellite broadband internet service
YC-backed Astranis has raised $90 million of new combined debt and equity funding in a Series B round led Venrock,…
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