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SpaceX’s Musk Suggests Tweaks to Starship Following Test Flight Completion
Shortly after SpaceX completed its first test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the company’s CEO Elon Musk outlined potential next steps for the launch vehicle in a series of posts to X (formerly Twitter). Musk stated that after Starship sustained some minor damage during the mission and lost shielding tiles, SpaceX would augment…
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After a drama-filled day, Boeing’s Starliner finally finds its way
A little more than a day after launching into space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft flew up to the International Space Station and docked with the orbiting laboratory on Thursday. The journey through space was not always easy. In the immediate hours after launch on Wednesday, the spacecraft was beset by two helium leaks in its propulsion…
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Planet’s First Hyperspectral Satellite Set for Launch on SpaceX Transporter-11 Mission
Planet Labs PBC, one of the leading providers of daily Earth data and insights, announced that its first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1—made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition and its philanthropic partners—is ready for launch. The spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 3rd in preparation for liftoff as early as July on board…
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UN Committee to Probe Satellite Constellation Threat to Astronomy, Overcoming Past Setback
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has greenlit a pioneering move to scrutinize the looming risks that satellite constellations pose to astronomy, a year subsequent to a thwarted similar endeavor. Marking a pivotal stride in diplomatic avenues concerning celestial research, COPUOS, in a recent session of its scientific and…
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SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 7, 2024. The mission, Starlink 10-1, was the first to send Starlink satellites to this shell of the mega constellation. Image: Spaceflight Now Update 8:57 p.m. EDT: SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time. SpaceX followed up its fourth…
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SpaceX’s Starship took a beating but held on for first return from space
SpaceX demonstrated Thursday that its towering Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket might one day soon be recovered and reused in the manner Elon Musk has envisioned for the future of space exploration. For the first time, both elements of the nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket not only launched successfully from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville,…
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Telespazio Signs with SpaceX to Access Starlink Services
Satellite operator Telespazio has signed a deal with SpaceX to bring Starlink constellation solutions into its mix. As a result of this agreement, Telespazio will be able to integrate Starlink into its global hybrid connectivity network, which is made up of satellite and terrestrial solutions, including global fixed and mobile communications services. Telespazio is a…
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SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight Despite Booster Engine Issue
SpaceX successfully conducted the fourth test flight of its Starship launch system on June 6, with both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage returning to the surface intact. The launch, which took place at 8:50 a.m. Eastern from the Starbase test site at Boca Chica, Texas, encountered a minor setback when one of…
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As leaks on the space station worsen, there’s no clear plan to deal with them
NASA and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, still have not solved a long-running and worsening problem with leaks on the International Space Station. The microscopic structural cracks are located inside the small PrK module on the Russian segment of the space station, which lies between a Progress spacecraft airlock and the Zvezda module. After the…
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A Celestial Adventure with Chang’e
For thousands of years, the moon has inspired countless tales of wonder. Over the past six decades, humans have continued to explore the moon, desperate to uncover its secrets. Using cutting-edge XR, AI and virtual human technologies, CGTN reporter Wu Lei “lands” on the far side of the moon and “meets” Chang’e, the Moon Goddess…