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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at the LC-2 pad in Virginia.Photo: Rocket Lab Observers along the U.S. East Coast could be in for a treat this week, as Rocket Lab is set to perform the first launch of an Electron rocket from its new Virginia launch pad. Rocket Lab, SpaceX, and…

McMurdo Station houses anywhere from 100 to 1,000 scientists and staff at a given time, but some of those researchers venture out to field camps. Image: Wirestock Creators (Shutterstock) Elon Musk’s Starlink is getting even closer to a widespread reality. The satellite internet constellation from SpaceX is now steadily beaming…

On Nov. 26, 2022 a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket departed from departed from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. Among the 7,700 pounds of cargo on board, it is safe to say that the smallest delivery that day were a bunch of…

HELSINKI — A Chinese launch startup has performed hot fire tests as part of development of a planned reusable stainless-steel rocket apparently inspired by SpaceX’s Starship. Space Epoch recently performed a series of tests of a 4.2-meter-diameter stainless steel propellant tank combined with a Longyun-70 methane-liquid oxygen engine developed by…

Home News Spaceflight A high-definition camera on the International Space Station's exterior captured this photo of the plume created by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as it launched the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Jan. 15, 2023. (Image credit: NASA) The launch of SpaceX's most powerful rocket…

SpaceX launched 51 more Starlink satellites Jan. 19 on the first launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s first launch of the year from California, and fourth mission overall in 2023, added 51 more satellites to the Starlink internet constellation Thursday, keeping pace with…

Home News Spaceflight Backdropped by the rising sun, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a GPS III rocket on behalf of the United States Space Force on Jan. 18, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX) You want homefries with those launch photos? SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket livened up the breakfast hour on…

SpaceX is targeting over 100 orbital launches in 2023 after launching 61 times in 2022. They just had their fifth successful launch which is more than every other country or region in the world in 2022, except China and Russia. SpaceX is the main launch company for the USA and…

Now that SpaceX has established itself as a leading provider of U.S. national security launches, it is seeking a bigger share of the defense market with a new product line called Starshield. SpaceX quietly unveiled Starshield last month offering defense and intelligence agencies custom-built spacecraft, sensors, and secure communications services…

Elon Musk has tweeted that he expects SpaceX to make five full Stack Super Heavy Starships in 2023. If there is a successful orbital Stack Super Heavy Starships launch in February, 2023 then Super Heavy Starships could start flying weekly by Q4 2023. How many starships is spacex looking to…