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SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Deploys NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Probes
NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions have successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SPHEREx will map the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colours, while PUNCH will study the transition of the sun’s corona into the solar wind. The two-year missions aim to deepen our understanding of th...
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SpaceX Calls off Falcon 9 Launch of Four MicroGEO Satellites at Last Second
SpaceX’s planned launch of four MicroGEO satellites was halted at the final second on December 21, 2024. The Falcon 9 rocket, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral, was forced into a scrub after the engines ignited at T-0 seconds due to an unspecified technical issue. The satellites, developed by Astranis, were intended to provide broadband service...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded After Failure Dooms Batch Of Starlink Satellites
A secondstage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare malfunction in space during a routine Starlink mission on Thursday night, imperiling the satellites.
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Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Endeavour Safely Reach International Space Station
Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule Endeavour propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket by a have safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). This makes them the first crew ever to be propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Gets an HBO Series, From Channing Tatum and Star Trek Beyond Writer: Report
The story of Elon Musk’s SpaceX is coming to TV. HBO is reportedly developing a six-episode limited series based on Ashlee Vance’s 2015 best-selling Musk biography “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future”. Channing Tatum is among the executive producers on the HBO SpaceX series, alongside Doug Jung (Star Trek Beyond)...
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SpaceX Aborts Launch After 'Odd' Rocket Engine Behavior
SpaceX aborted its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff Saturday due to a "slightly odd" technical issue with the Falcon 9 rocket engine.
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SpaceX Says Fix Underway for Rocket Turbine Wheel Cracking
In an email to Reuters, SpaceX said it has "qualified our engines to be robust to turbine wheel cracks. However, we are modifying the design to avoid them altogether."
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Why Elon Musk Has So Much Riding on SpaceX's Upcoming Rocket Launch
The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is the first since SpaceX's rocket exploded on Sept. 1 while being fueled ahead of an engine test fire.
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Blue Origin Unveils Its Latest Rocket, the New Glenn
The New Glenn is dwarfed only by the Saturn V rocket (363 feet tall) that propelled Apollo era astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s.
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US Should Spurn Russia's Rocket Engines Despite SpaceX Failure: McCain
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain made the statement on Monday following the SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion.
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SpaceX Says Boosting Output, on Track for 13 Rocket Launches This Year
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is rapidly increasing production of the engines that power its Falcon 9 rocket and expects to meet its target of 13 launches and two test flights this year, President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters.
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SpaceX Postpones Dragon Launch After Falcon 9 Rocket 'Issues'
"The new launch date will provide SpaceX engineers time to investigate further issues that arose from a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket on December 16."
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United Launch Alliance Picks Bezos Engine for Future Rockets
The Boeing-Lockheed joint venture said it would invest heavily in a rocket engine being developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin.
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SpaceX Postpones Rocket Launch Due to Technical Glitch
The rocket was on track for a liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida when engineers detected a possible problem with its upper-stage engine.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Deploys NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Probes
NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions have successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SPHEREx will map the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colours, while PUNCH will study the transition of the sun’s corona into the solar wind. The two-year missions aim to deepen our understanding of th...
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SpaceX Calls off Falcon 9 Launch of Four MicroGEO Satellites at Last Second
SpaceX’s planned launch of four MicroGEO satellites was halted at the final second on December 21, 2024. The Falcon 9 rocket, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral, was forced into a scrub after the engines ignited at T-0 seconds due to an unspecified technical issue. The satellites, developed by Astranis, were intended to provide broadband service...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded After Failure Dooms Batch Of Starlink Satellites
A secondstage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare malfunction in space during a routine Starlink mission on Thursday night, imperiling the satellites.
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Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Endeavour Safely Reach International Space Station
Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule Endeavour propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket by a have safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). This makes them the first crew ever to be propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Gets an HBO Series, From Channing Tatum and Star Trek Beyond Writer: Report
The story of Elon Musk’s SpaceX is coming to TV. HBO is reportedly developing a six-episode limited series based on Ashlee Vance’s 2015 best-selling Musk biography “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future”. Channing Tatum is among the executive producers on the HBO SpaceX series, alongside Doug Jung (Star Trek Beyond)...
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SpaceX Aborts Launch After 'Odd' Rocket Engine Behavior
SpaceX aborted its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff Saturday due to a "slightly odd" technical issue with the Falcon 9 rocket engine.
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SpaceX Says Fix Underway for Rocket Turbine Wheel Cracking
In an email to Reuters, SpaceX said it has "qualified our engines to be robust to turbine wheel cracks. However, we are modifying the design to avoid them altogether."
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Why Elon Musk Has So Much Riding on SpaceX's Upcoming Rocket Launch
The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is the first since SpaceX's rocket exploded on Sept. 1 while being fueled ahead of an engine test fire.
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Blue Origin Unveils Its Latest Rocket, the New Glenn
The New Glenn is dwarfed only by the Saturn V rocket (363 feet tall) that propelled Apollo era astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s.
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US Should Spurn Russia's Rocket Engines Despite SpaceX Failure: McCain
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain made the statement on Monday following the SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion.
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SpaceX Says Boosting Output, on Track for 13 Rocket Launches This Year
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is rapidly increasing production of the engines that power its Falcon 9 rocket and expects to meet its target of 13 launches and two test flights this year, President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters.
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SpaceX Postpones Dragon Launch After Falcon 9 Rocket 'Issues'
"The new launch date will provide SpaceX engineers time to investigate further issues that arose from a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket on December 16."
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United Launch Alliance Picks Bezos Engine for Future Rockets
The Boeing-Lockheed joint venture said it would invest heavily in a rocket engine being developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin.
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SpaceX Postpones Rocket Launch Due to Technical Glitch
The rocket was on track for a liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida when engineers detected a possible problem with its upper-stage engine.
