Blast off: SpaceX rocket launches another spy into the sky
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket once again successfully launched a US spy satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday night, according to the company.
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The Woz vs. space junk: Apple co-founder’s new venture aims to track debris
Steve Wozniak has a new — and potentially lucrative — passion: Space junk. Privateer’s mission is to develop better tracking of objects in space, and to use this data to help avert disastrous collisions. We’ve got the details.
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Solar woes: SpaceX will lose up to 40 satellites due to geomagnetic storm
Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing: The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. Here is what’s happening.
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NASA wants to give entrepreneurs space technology – for free
Startup NASA, a program available to founders and entrepreneurs, provides companies an opportunity to license NASA technology for commercial purposes.
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Space is becoming too polluted with active satellites and the detritus of space, Rocket Lab CEO warns
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said that the sheer number of objects in space right now — a number that is growing quickly thanks in part to SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation, Starlink — is making it more difficult to find a clear path for rockets to launch new satellites.
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Top Gun heading to space: Tom Cruise, NASA to collaborate on movie
Tom Cruise wants fly into outer space in the name of filmmaking, and NASA says it’s happening.
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Explosive SpaceX test could launch a year of renewed human spaceflight from US (+ video)
SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.
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SpaceX takes another step toward Mars with ‘Starhopper’ hop test (+ watch video)
An early prototype of the spacecraft that SpaceX hopes will one day shuttle people deep into the solar system just completed its highest and most intense test yet.
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Countown to takeoff: Spaceport America debuts as Virgin Galactic prepares for space tourism
Spaceport America is no longer just a shiny shell of hope that space tourism would one day launch from this remote spot in the New Mexico desert. Here’s a look inside.
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