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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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    SpaceX secures approval for 4th launch pad

    SpaceX secures approval for 4th launch pad SpaceX is getting permission to launch its mainstay Falcon 9 rocket from a second launch pad in Southern California, giving it a fourth launch site for its commercial and US government missions. The decision, announced Tuesday on the US Space Force’s...
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    What went wrong with SpaceX's "successful" Starship launch

    What went wrong with SpaceX's "successful" Starship launch SpaceX’s attempt to send its Starship system into space on Thursday ended in a blast after an engine failure forced it to blow up the rocket shortly after liftoff. The mishap potentially complicates chief executive officer Elon Musk’s...
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    New 4/20 launch date for Starship

    New 4/20 launch date for Starship SpaceX is aiming to launch its next-generation Starship rocket on April 20, the second attempt for the groundbreaking flight after a pressurisation issue upended the company’s initial test. Elon Musk’s closely held company announced the new date in a tweet on...
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    Starship's big day

    Starship's big day SpaceX plans to launch its massive deep-space rocket Starship into space on Monday, in the first major test of the new launch system. If successful, it will be a critical milestone in SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s quest to bring humans to destinations as far away as Mars. [Bloomberg]
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    SpaceX plans to launch Starship as early as Monday

    SpaceX plans to launch Starship as early as Monday Elon Musk’s SpaceX received US government approval to launch its next-generation Starship rocket, a key milestone in the company’s quest to send humans to the moon and eventually Mars. The Federal Aviation Administration granted the license to...
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