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Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket, launch a Space Force mission
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 9:26 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Tuesday is set to launch the first Falcon Heavy mission in over three years, a towering rocket that is the most powerful currently in operation. SpaceX’s rocket is […]
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Terran Orbital stock jumps after spacecraft builder raises $100 million from Lockheed Martin
The company’s banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022. Terran Orbital Shares of spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital rose Monday after the company added $100 million via an investment from existing shareholder Lockheed Martin. Lockheed purchased both debt and stock, and Terran noted the investment comes with a new cooperation agreement “to […]
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NASA says its annual economic output is triple the agency’s budget
Astronauts flying on SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission for NASA stand in front of the agency’s worm logo during a countdown dress rehearsal on Oct. 2, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday said its annual economic output is three times the size of its yearly budget. In […]
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Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup takes on mass producing spacecraft
Co-founders Max Benassi, left, and Ian Cinnamon Apex Space A pair of heavy-hitter startup founders is turning their attention to what they see as a key bottleneck in the space industry, and has already won backing from high-profile venture capital. Los Angeles-based Apex Space, led by co-founders Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi, wants to better […]
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The major space players and diverging strategies in the race to connect your smartphone via satellites
The race to provide high-speed internet from satellites is well underway – but another, more ambitious competition, to connect directly from space to devices like smartphones, began in earnest earlier this year. The potential untapped market — which hinges on, but extends beyond, sending a text via space — is spurring a tale of two […]
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SpaceX rolls out Starlink aviation product for satellite internet to private jets
One of the company’s flat aviation-specific Starlink antennas is seen on top of an aircraft. SpaceX SpaceX rolled out aviation-specific Starlink satellite internet service on Tuesday, with Elon Musk’s company looking to expand further into the inflight WiFi market. The company is charging $150,000 for the hardware needed to connect a jet to Starlink, with […]
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Relativity Space adds 150 acres at NASA’s Mississippi center to test its reusable rockets
A map of the company’s expansion plans at NASA’s Stennis space center in Mississippi. Relativity Space Relativity Space, which 3D-prints rockets, said Tuesday that it signed a deal to expand its presence at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and create one of the country’s largest rocket engine test facilities. Based in Long Beach, California, […]
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Watch SpaceX splashdown the Crew-4 astronauts for NASA after a six-month stay at the space station
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] SpaceX is set to return its fourth operational crew mission from the International Space Station on Friday, with the quartet of astronauts due to splash down in the company’s capsule off the […]
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Amazon changes rockets for launch of prototype Kuiper internet satellites, pushing mission to 2023
From left: Artist renderings of the launches of an RS1 rocket and a Vulcan rocket. ABL Space; United Launch Alliance Amazon is swapping rides for the first prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network, the company announced Wednesday, a move that delays launching the pair of spacecraft to early next year. The tech giant […]
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Space tourism pioneer Dennis Tito books private moon trip on SpaceX’s Starship
Dennis Tito, most widely known as being the first space tourist back in mid-2001. Wikipedia Entrepreneur Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko purchased seats on a private trip with SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the third such spaceflight Elon Musk’s venture has announced to date. Tito – 82, and famous for becoming the first private space tourist […]
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