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SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online starting at $1 million
SpaceX has launched a new web-based booking tool for its rideshare Falcon 9 launches, a service it announced last year…
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Rocket Lab readies parachute tests for its rocket recovery and reuse program
Rocket Lab is proceeding as planned with its efforts to recover and reuse spent rocket boosters from its Electron launch…
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Rocket startup Firefly signs satellite constellation launch mission with Satlantis
Rocket launch startup Firefly Aerospace has signed a new agreement with Satlantis, a maker of Earth observation and remote sensing…
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Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March
SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft is already well into development, but company CEO and founder Elon Musk clearly would like things to…
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India’s space agency will fly a half-humanoid robot to prepare for its first human spaceflight missions
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to begin its human spaceflight program, which aims to carry its…
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SpaceX achieves key safety milestone for crewed flight with 10th parachute test
SpaceX is closing out the year with an achievement that should help it keep on track to fly astronauts on…
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Launches from SpaceX, Boeing and the ESA
Typically, the holiday season is a slow one in the tech industry — but space tech is different, and this…
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Boeing’s Starliner crew spacecraft nails desert landing, a first for a U.S.-made, human-rated capsule
The Boeing Starliner CST-100 spacecraft, which will be one of the first new human-rated spacecraft to carry astronauts from the…
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Boeing’s Starliner crew spacecraft won’t dock with Space Station as planned after missing target orbit
Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 crew spacecraft got off to a great start on its first-ever launch to the International Space Station…
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SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket and lands the booster, but misses the fairing catch
SpaceX has successfully launched its 13th rocket this year, and its 11th Falcon 9 (the company also flew two Falcon…
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