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SpaceX to launch Turksat 6A SpaceX

SpaceX to launch Turksat 6A

by Jeff Foust — September 18, 2021 A Falcon 9 launches Turksat 5A in January 2021. SpaceX won a contract to launch Turksat 6A in 2023. Credit: SpaceX KIHEI, Hawaii — Turksat will launch its first domestically built communications satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9, the Turkish government announced Sept.…
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September 18, 2021
SpaceX’s private Inspiration4 astronauts will return to Earth tonight and you can watch it live SpaceX

SpaceX’s private Inspiration4 astronauts will return to Earth tonight and you can watch it live

Home News Spaceflight Update for 8:24 pm ET: SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast at 7:06 pm ET (2306 GMT), with the crew swiftly recovered. Read our wrap story. After three days in space, SpaceX's first all-civilian crew will return to…
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September 18, 2021
SpaceX’s first tourist crew brought a spacesuit-wearing puppy plushie to orbit SpaceX

SpaceX’s first tourist crew brought a spacesuit-wearing puppy plushie to orbit

SpaceX's first tourist crew brought a plush puppy wearing a spacesuit to orbit with them. The space pup is based on two service dogs, Puggle and Huckleberry, at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The plush dog is sold out, but it's part of the mission's fundraising for childhood-cancer research. Loading…
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September 18, 2021
NASA Awards SpaceX, Blue Origin, And 3 Other Companies $ 146 Million In Contracts To Go To The Moon SpaceX

NASA Awards SpaceX, Blue Origin, And 3 Other Companies $ 146 Million In Contracts To Go To The Moon

This article was translated from our Spanish edition. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA , announced this week the award of five contracts for $ 146 million to US companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin , to design lunar landers. NASA Concepto…
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September 17, 2021