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Elon Musk reveals a possible date for the Starship’s first Orbital Flight
Next month, if all goes according to plan, SpaceX’s enormous Starship spaceship might make its orbital debut. To help get people and things to Mars and the moon, SpaceX is working on a new spaceship called Starship. The enormous spacecraft is composed of two reusable parts: a giant first-stage rocket called Super Heavy and an […] More
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SpaceX soon to be valued at $140 billion. Will it go public?
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is now undergoing an insider stock sale. Bloomberg claims the corporation is valuing itself at about $140 billion, given that it is issuing shares at $77 each. According to the people who disclosed the share sale to Bloomberg, SpaceX has had conversations on a variety of pricing options for the […] More
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SpaceX successfully launches a Japanese lunar lander and UAE rover to the Moon
An early-morning Sunday launch from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX sent a commercially produced Japanese lunar lander into orbit for a 3-month journey to a 54-mile-wide landing site. A tiny NASA spacecraft that will probe icy, persistently shaded craters close to the moon’s poles for ice formations is also on board. The launch happened on the […] More
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SpaceX introduces a new business line focused on military satellite services
On December 2, SpaceX announced Starshield, a brand-new business unit aimed at American state security agencies. This division of SpaceX plans to leverage the Starlink internet network in low Earth orbit to provide goods and services that the US military and intelligence agencies are increasingly in need of, such as encrypted communications, remote sensing, and […] More
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SpaceX Starship’s Orbital launch is now just one test away
It is possible that SpaceX may conduct a test launch of a fully constructed Starship, which is a rocket that is over 30 stories tall, into Earth’s orbit as soon as this month. The choice of launch location is between the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the company’s development facility in Boca Chica, Texas. […] More
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SpaceX’s cargo ship Dragon successfully docks with the ISS, delivering Thanksgiving treats
On Saturday, SpaceX sent 7,700 pounds of supplies to the ISS on its 26th resupply mission, which included a variety of Thanksgiving leftover delicacies. According to CBS News, the holiday fare featured ice cream, hot green beans, apple and cranberry desserts, almond pumpkin pie, and candy corn. At 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, SpaceX’s 215-foot Falcon […] More
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Why the SLS mega rocket can’t be reused like SpaceX?
The massive SLS rocket has shown that it is efficient. On November 16, she successfully launched the Orion spacecraft, which is heading to the Moon. On the other hand, the SLS cannot be repurposed like a SpaceX Falcon 9. SLS finally launched yesterday. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket made its first launch on November […] More
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Former SpaceX workers claim they were fired for speaking up about Elon Musk
According to The New York Times, eight former SpaceX workers claim they were unjustly dismissed for writing a letter criticizing Elon Musk and have filed a lawsuit against the firm for unfair labor practices. If you remember, The Times reported in June that SpaceX had dismissed staff members who had contributed to an open letter […] More
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So Long, Soyuz: Russia’s role in the International Space Station is rendered Obsolete by SpaceX
Former Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin hinted at the imminent end of the U.S.-Russia space relationship after Russia’s incursion of Ukraine and the subsequent International sanctions. In February he tweeted, “If you stop collaboration with us, who will protect the ISS [International Space Station] from uncontrolled orbital maneuvers and crash into the USA or […] More
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NASA Awards SpaceX Second Contract Option To Demonstrate Crewed Starship Mission To The Moon
To satisfy their needs for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis, NASA has granted SpaceX a contract modification to further develop their Starship human landing platform. The Artemis IV mission of NASA will include a second crewed landing demonstration mission from SpaceX in 2027 as a result of this development. It is a […] More
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX just ordered a big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink
Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has placed an order for one of Twitter’s most expensive advertising packages. Musk just purchased Twitter for $44 billion, and he is now the CEO of the social media company. According to internal documents from the social media company seen by CNBC, the campaign would advertise the Starlink satellite internet […] More
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This US Spacecraft has been in orbit for 3 years without landing and it is neither NASA nor SpaceX: Secret project X-37B
While NASA and SpaceX have been working together on numerous initiatives for some time now in an effort to achieve synergies in the aerospace industry, a fairly unique competitor has formed between these two key actors. Donald Trump made the decision for the United States to establish a new exclusive party with ties to the […] More
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