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    SpaceX launched the same Falcon 9 booster for 10th time: Blasts 105 satellites into orbit!

    SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission was successfully completed by Falcon 9 booster B1058, acing its twelfth orbital-class launch and landing in record time. With 105 tiny satellites in tow, the rocket launched as scheduled from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Flight Complex 40 (LC-40) on Thursday, January 13th at 10:25 a.m. EST (15:25 a.m. UTC), marking […] More

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    This solar-powered rocket engine proves that Thermal Propulsion isn’t just a far-fetched theory

    A previously theoretical rocket concept is being prototyped by engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the hopes of one day transporting astronauts and spacecraft to interstellar space. What is their strategy? Instead of using combustion to fuel a rocket engine, solar heat may be used to do so. To distinguish it […] More