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SpaceX’s Starship prototype rocket blows its top
SpaceX’s prototype for a Starship meant for trips to the moon and Mars suffered an eruption today on its South Texas launch pad, putting a dent in SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s ambitious schedule for flight tests. Clouds of vapor issued … Continue reading
How the Seattle area became a satellite hotspot
Seattle may not be the best place to put a launch pad, but the region is turning into one of the most prolific satellite production centers in the United States. “How many of you know that Washington state is actually … Continue reading
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Tagged LeoStella, Project Kuiper, Satellites, Space, SpaceX, Starlink
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NASA adds 5 companies to moon delivery list
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among five companies that have just been cleared to deliver payloads to the moon for NASA. So is Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is offering its Starship super-rocket for lunar trips. Sierra … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, Commercial Spaceflight, Moon, NASA, Sierra Nevada, Space, SpaceX, Starship, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
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Nanoracks will test metal-cutting robot in space
Nanoracks says it’ll put a metal-cutting robot to work in orbit next year as part of a satellite deployment mission, marking the first in-space test of a key habitat-building technology. All this is due to be done under the umbrella of … Continue reading
Report sharpens debate over spaceship costs
Boeing is in line to get paid substantially more per seat than SpaceX for astronaut trips to the International Space Station, in part because it negotiated an increase in what was meant to be a fixed-cost contract, NASA’s Office of … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight, Dragon, International Space Station, NASA, Space, SpaceX, Starliner
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SpaceX Dragon fires up launch abort thrusters
SpaceX went the distance today with a static-fire test of its Crew Dragon space taxi’s launch escape system — the same type of test that ended in a costly explosion when it was conducted in April. A photo released after … Continue reading
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Tagged Commercial Spaceflight, Dragon, International Space Station, Space, SpaceX
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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX sent its second set of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today, atop a Falcon 9 rocket that featured the fourth go-round for the first-stage booster and the first reuse of a nose cone. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in … Continue reading
