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Marcus House has worked with several people to use detailed calculations to model the first SpaceX lunar missions. NASA has funded the development of a lunar Starship. There are propellant calculations by Aeneas. They have determined it will take about seven refueling missions to fully fuel a lunar Starship in…

A Starlink ground terminal. Credit: SpaceX After going through the month of July with no launches, SpaceX is scheduled to resume missions in August with Falcon 9 rocket flights from California and Florida to begin deploying Starlink internet satellites into new orbits. SpaceX is gearing up for at least two…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's net-equipped boat, Mr. Steven, cruises off the California coast. SpaceX used the speedy boat to try to catch falling payload fairings, each of which costs $6 million to make. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history two years ago when a…

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will be launching NASA's long-awaited mission to Europa, Jupiter's icy moon that may have the conditions to support life. The agency has been planning to send a probe to the Jovian moon for years and finalized its plans in 2019. In its announcement, NASA said…

Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for late August from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Read More

More than 18 months after its failed first attempt to make it to the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner is ready for a second shot. Following a flight readiness review, NASA is moving forward with the craft’s upcoming July 30th uncrewed orbital flight test. Unless there’s an unforeseen delay, the…

NASA’s Europa Clipper will start its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket built by SpaceX. NASA will pay SpaceX $178 million to launch the vehicle in October 2024. The Europa Clipper got the green light from NASA in 2015. It will fly by the moon 45…

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa.Read More

by Jason Rainbow — July 23, 2021 A Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 26 with 60 Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX webcast TAMPA, Fla. — A federal appeals court denied a motion from satellite operator Viasat to stop SpaceX from enlarging its Starlink megaconstellation. Viasat had requested…

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