57 h. ago Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the north and south poles. Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket steered southward over […]

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2 w. ago Exolaunch Hits 500th Satellite Deployed Milestone During the Transporter

A new legacy of over 500 satellites deployed and next-generation deployment hardware underscore the successful launch of 27 customer satellites with Falcon 9 VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Exolaunch, the global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, has successfully deployed 27 customer satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 rideshare mission, delivering nearly […]

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2 w. ago Another delay hits stuck NASA astronauts, as SpaceX forced to postpone flight

The crew onboard were already buckled into their flight capsule when an engineering issue was identified by ground staff in Florida.

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3 w. ago SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The new crew needs to get to the International Space Station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home after nine months in orbit. Concerns over a […]

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3 w. ago SpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during latest Starship mega rocket test flight

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket blasted off from Texas a little before sunset. SpaceX caught the first-stage booster […]

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3 w. ago SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart. This time, wreckage from the latest explosion was seen streaming from the skies over […]

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