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by Jason Rainbow — December 19, 2021 The Turksat 5B satellite separates from a Falcon 9 second stage. Credit: SpaceX webcast TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched the Turksat 5B Turkish communications satellite Dec. 18, less than 16 hours after launching a batch of Starlink broadband spacecraft. Turksat 5B lifted…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Turkish Turksat 5B communications satellite into orbit around 33 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…

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Some researchers in NASA have written a paper that finally is pushing for NASA to take advantage of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship. An appreciation of Starship’s capabilities is important for understanding how and why this vehicle can provide unprecedented opportunities for the planetary science community to fly payloads to…

Later this month SpaceX will send another Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) laden with supplies and science experiments. In a video (below) released this week, NASA shed some light on the kind of research heading to space. Bioprinting bandages The science gear destined for the space…

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft ready for encapsulation inside the payload fairing of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NASA A NASA astronomy satellite will be the smallest payload to ever get a dedicated ride on a Falcon 9 rocket when it takes off from Florida this week, but…

SpaceX completed a static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a launch Dec. 9 with the space agency’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer science mission. The test-firing of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 12:18 p.m. EST (1718 GMT) on pad…

Rocket Lab showed off progress on its Neutron rocket yesterday, with a "Hungry Hippo" fairing design more reminiscent of a '60s spy flick than a'70s table-top kid amuser. The Hungry Hippo fairing (pic: Rocket Lab) The event opened with CEO Peter Beck furnishing his audience with details on Rocket Lab's…

Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched 48 Starlink satellites and two remote-sensing BlackSky spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from its Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch on Thursday at 6:12 p.m. EST represents the company's 27th Falcon 9 blast-off in 2021, breaking its previous record of 26…