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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites, Sets Booster Record
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites on January 24, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking its 11th Falcon 9 mission of the year. The booster achieved its record 23rd flight and successfully landed on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean, bringing SpaceX's total orbital-class booster recoveries to 401. The sat...
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Gets New Coronagraph to Spot Exoplanets
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully integrated the Roman Coronagraph, a vital step in detecting planets far beyond our solar system. This tool will help block starlight, enabling the telescope to capture faint planetary light. The coronagraph marks a significant advancement in exoplanet detection, allowing the telescope to observe planets...
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SpaceX To Send First Space Tourists Around Moon Next Year: Elon Musk
Space Exploration Technologies plans to launch two paying customers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, Chief Executive Elon Musk told reporters on Monday.
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SpaceX Seeks US Approval For Internet-Via-Satellite Network
Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting government approval to operate a massive satellite network that would provide high-speed, global internet coverage, according to newly filed documents with the US Federal Communications Commission.
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NASA Project to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth Possible By 2022
An ambitious project that aims to bring rock samples from Mars -- collected by NASA's 2020 Mars rover - to Earth to find out traces of ancient life on the Red Planet can be launched as early as 2022, Space.com reported, citing NASA officials.
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US Lawmakers Question NASA, Air Force on Blast Probe Led by SpaceX
Fourteen US lawmakers on Thursday told the Air Force and NASA they had "serious concerns" about the fact that SpaceX is leading an investigation into the June 28 explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket, and whether it would receive enough oversight.
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Despite Blast, Spacex Has Time to Show Readiness for Missions: US Air Force
A Falcon 9 rocket accident last month should not eliminate SpaceX from the competition to launch a new GPS satellite, U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Wednesday, since there would be "plenty of time" to test the rocket before any future launch.
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US Moving Ahead on Bid to End Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines
The US Air Force plans to release a draft request for proposals next month in its bid to end US reliance on Russian rocket engines, and could award initial study contracts by the end of the 2015 fiscal year, Air Force officials said Tuesday.
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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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Florida Weather Delays SpaceX Falcon Rocket Launch
High winds over Florida on Tuesday prompted the second delay of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a US satellite to watch for solar storms, NASA said.
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SpaceX Launch with Deep-Space Weather Buoy Reset for Today
Space Exploration Technologies will try again today to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a US satellite intended to watch for threatening solar storms, NASA said today.
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Astronauts snare Spacex Dragon Capsule - NASA
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the station's 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane, NASA astronaut Don Pettit snared Dragon at 9:56 am EDT (1356 GMT) as the two spacecraft soared 250 miles ...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites, Sets Booster Record
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites on January 24, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking its 11th Falcon 9 mission of the year. The booster achieved its record 23rd flight and successfully landed on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean, bringing SpaceX's total orbital-class booster recoveries to 401. The sat...
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Gets New Coronagraph to Spot Exoplanets
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully integrated the Roman Coronagraph, a vital step in detecting planets far beyond our solar system. This tool will help block starlight, enabling the telescope to capture faint planetary light. The coronagraph marks a significant advancement in exoplanet detection, allowing the telescope to observe planets...
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SpaceX To Send First Space Tourists Around Moon Next Year: Elon Musk
Space Exploration Technologies plans to launch two paying customers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, Chief Executive Elon Musk told reporters on Monday.
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SpaceX Seeks US Approval For Internet-Via-Satellite Network
Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting government approval to operate a massive satellite network that would provide high-speed, global internet coverage, according to newly filed documents with the US Federal Communications Commission.
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NASA Project to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth Possible By 2022
An ambitious project that aims to bring rock samples from Mars -- collected by NASA's 2020 Mars rover - to Earth to find out traces of ancient life on the Red Planet can be launched as early as 2022, Space.com reported, citing NASA officials.
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US Lawmakers Question NASA, Air Force on Blast Probe Led by SpaceX
Fourteen US lawmakers on Thursday told the Air Force and NASA they had "serious concerns" about the fact that SpaceX is leading an investigation into the June 28 explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket, and whether it would receive enough oversight.
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Despite Blast, Spacex Has Time to Show Readiness for Missions: US Air Force
A Falcon 9 rocket accident last month should not eliminate SpaceX from the competition to launch a new GPS satellite, U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Wednesday, since there would be "plenty of time" to test the rocket before any future launch.
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US Moving Ahead on Bid to End Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines
The US Air Force plans to release a draft request for proposals next month in its bid to end US reliance on Russian rocket engines, and could award initial study contracts by the end of the 2015 fiscal year, Air Force officials said Tuesday.
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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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Florida Weather Delays SpaceX Falcon Rocket Launch
High winds over Florida on Tuesday prompted the second delay of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a US satellite to watch for solar storms, NASA said.
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SpaceX Launch with Deep-Space Weather Buoy Reset for Today
Space Exploration Technologies will try again today to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a US satellite intended to watch for threatening solar storms, NASA said today.
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Astronauts snare Spacex Dragon Capsule - NASA
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the station's 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane, NASA astronaut Don Pettit snared Dragon at 9:56 am EDT (1356 GMT) as the two spacecraft soared 250 miles ...
