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Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA’s launch pads
SpaceX may soon have up to nine active launch pads. Most competitors have one or two. A Delta IV Heavy […]
China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission
Comet 311P/PanSTARRS was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013 with a set of six comet-like tails radiating from […]
SpaceX may have solved one problem, only to find more on latest Starship flight
SpaceX’s ninth Starship survived launch, but engineers now have more problems to overcome. An onboard camera shows the six Raptor […]
FAA: Airplanes should stay far away from SpaceX’s next Starship launch
“The FAA is expanding the size of hazard areas both in the US and other countries.” The Starship for SpaceX’s […]
Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China’s super-secret satellites?
The patches for a quartet of Chinese satellites launched since March each portray one of the Four Heavenly Kings. We […]
The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
This was unusual Payload fairing problems have caused a number of rocket failures, usually because they don’t jettison during launch, […]
A privately developed Australian rocket is ready for a historic launch
Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned spaceport […]
After back-to-back failures, SpaceX tests its fixes on the next Starship
But that didn’t solve the problem. Once again, Starship’s engines cut off too early, and the rocket broke apart before […]
We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites
“Elon thinks we can do the job with cheaper and simpler satellites, sooner,” a source told Reuters at the time […]