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SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 fails during testing, next step will be to move to a newer design
SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 prototype encountered an explosive failure during early testing in Texas on Wednesday – you can see exactly…
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NASA adds SpaceX, Blue Origin and more to list of companies set to make deliveries to the surface of the Moon
NASA has added five companies to the list of vendors that are cleared to bid on contracts for the agency’s…
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SpaceX starts building out its production Starlink constellation
There’s literally a lot more stuff in space than there was last week – or at least, the number of…
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Virgin Galactic begins ‘Astronaut Readiness Program’ for first paying customers
Virgin Galactic has begun its “Astronaut Readiness Program” this week, which is being run out of Under Armour Global HQ…
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SpaceX launches re-flown fairing for the first time and breaks a Falcon 9 booster re-use record
SpaceX successfully launched its first batch of production Starlink satellites today, sending 60 of the small satellites to their target…
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SpaceX ‘getting ready’ to fly orbital Starship design with new FCC filing
SpaceX is taking the steps necessary to begin test flying the orbital-class version of its Starship spacecraft, with new documents…
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In-space shuttle service, Momentus, raises $25.5 million as investments climb for “new space” tech
With commercial launch services expected to reach $7 billion by 2024, there’s increasing demand for an array of new technologies…
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Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron rocket for ‘Make It Rain’ mission
Private rocket launch startup Rocket Lab has succeeded in launching its ‘Make It Rain’ mission, which took off yesterday from…
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Virgin Orbit seeks to launch satellites from the UK by 2020
One of Richard Branson’s space companies (yes, he has more than one) is looking to bring satellite launches to British…
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NASA pictures of outer space depict a world on fire
Thermal Bands are detecting actively burning fires 25 August, 2018 Nearly 50 years after a human first set foot on…
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