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    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission

    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission SpaceX’s upgraded Starship successfully deployed mock satellites and returned to Earth largely unscathed, though its booster spun out of control and broke apart over the Gulf of Mexico. The gigantic rocket’s twelfth major test flight was a successful...
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    Blue Origin takes first wheelchair-bound person to space

    Blue Origin takes first wheelchair-bound person to space Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at about 09:15 New York time, and the...
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    Starship deploys satellites in 10th test flight

    Starship deploys satellites in 10th test flight SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched to space and deployed satellites for the first time before surviving most of its journey to Earth, achieving new technological milestones after a year of fiery setbacks. The mission secured a much-needed win for...
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    Trump issues executive order to ease rocket launch regulations

    Trump issues executive order to ease rocket launch regulations President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to ease regulations for the commercial space industry, including steps to speed the licensing process for rocket launches in a win for the growing sector and onetime ally...
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    Justin Sun takes 10-minute Blue Origin rocket ride for R504 million

    Justin Sun takes 10-minute Blue Origin rocket ride for R504 million A Blue Origin rocket launched cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and five others on a trip to the edge of space and back. The flight lifted off Sunday at 7:42 a.m. local time from West Texas on a short suborbital joyride...
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    Blue Origin Mars mission delayed

    Blue Origin Mars mission delayed A Blue Origin LLC mission to send satellites to Mars will be delayed until at least early 2025 over concerns about whether the Jeff Bezos-backed firm would be ready to launch as planned this year. NASA said Friday that it would forgo an October flight “to avoid...
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    Starship launch 3 planned for Thursday

    Starship launch 3 planned for Thursday Elon Musk’s SpaceX received the go-ahead to launch its giant Starship rocket a third time, four months after its last test ended in an explosion prematurely. The Federal Aviation Administration reinstated SpaceX’s launch license, the agency said in a...
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    FAA serves SpaceX with 17 corrective actions on Starship before 3rd launch

    FAA serves SpaceX with 17 corrective actions on Starship before 3rd launch US air safety regulators concluded a mishap investigation into SpaceX’s most recent Starship explosion in November, laying out the issues the Elon Musk-led company must address before it can attempt to launch the rocket...
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    Secretive X-37B space plane launched into orbit by SpaceX

    Secretive X-37B space plane launched into orbit by SpaceX SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket lofted a secretive space plane for the US Space Force on Thursday evening from Florida, the first time the rocket was used to send the Boeing Co.-built experimental spacecraft to orbit. The launch...
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    South Korea sends first spy satellite into orbit using SpaceX rocket

    South Korea sends first spy satellite into orbit using SpaceX rocket One of Elon Musk’s rockets carried a South Korean spy satellite into orbit as the rivalry between the two Koreas expands beyond Earth. A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying Seoul’s first domestically made reconnaissance satellite...
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    North Korea's first spy satellite deployment confirmed

    North Korea's first spy satellite deployment confirmed North Korea appears to have successfully placed a satellite into orbit, moving leader Kim Jong Un closer to his key policy goal of deploying an array of reconnaissance probes to keep an eye on US forces in the region. South Korea’s Joint...
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    SpaceX gets approval for second Starship launch

    SpaceX gets approval for second Starship launch SpaceX received approval for the second launch of its groundbreaking Starship rocket, ending an almost seven-month hiatus and inching Elon Musk closer to his goal of sending humans to the moon and beyond. The US Federal Aviation Administration...
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    Starship environmental review kicks off — next launch could be 4 months away

    Starship environmental review kicks off — next launch could be 4 months away The US Fish and Wildlife Service initiated a formal review of the upgrades SpaceX has made to its Starship launch system, one of the final regulatory steps before flights can resume following its explosive April debut...
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    NASA launches massive spacecraft to asteroid using SpaceX

    NASA launches massive spacecraft to asteroid using SpaceX NASA’s massive Psyche spacecraft launched Friday atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on an unprecedented journey to probe a metal-rich asteroid for insight into Earth’s own rocky core. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, one of the world’s most...
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    First two Project Kuiper satellites launched succesfully

    First two Project Kuiper satellites launched succesfully Amazon.com Inc. has launched and started communicating with its first two satellites for its Project Kuiper, the tech giant’s initiative to build a massive constellation of satellites that can provide internet coverage to Earth. An Atlas...
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    Amazon veteran Dave Limp appointed as Blue Origin CEO

    Amazon veteran Dave Limp appointed as Blue Origin CEO Blue Origin LLC, the closely held spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is replacing its chief executive officer with veteran Amazon.com Inc. executive Dave Limp. Current CEO Bob Smith is stepping down and will be succeeded by Limp...
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    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk

    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of a...
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    Watch out SpaceX — Rocket Lab successfully reuses engine for 1st time

    Watch out SpaceX — Rocket Lab successfully reuses engine for 1st time Rocket Lab USA Inc. successfully re-flew one of its Rutherford rocket engines during an orbital launch on Wednesday, a key step in the small satellite-launch company’s efforts to prove its reusable rocket technology. It was...
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    SpaceX test-fires new Starship booster with water cooling system

    SpaceX test-fires new Starship booster with water cooling system SpaceX fired up the engines on its latest Starship booster Sunday afternoon in Texas, while simultaneously testing a new water deluge system on the vehicle’s launchpad. The ignition test lasted just 2.74 seconds, according to...
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    Blue Origin's new engine caught fire in test

    Blue Origin's new engine caught fire in test One of Blue Origin LLC’s next-generation rocket engines caught fire during testing late last month, an issue that could delay its delivery to a key customer. The incident involved a BE-4 engine and occurred at Blue Origin’s West Texas facility...
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