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Enlarge / Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images | Olivier Douliery The Federal Communications Commission today gave Boeing permission to launch 147 broadband satellites. While that's a fraction of the number of satellites approved for other low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, the decision allows Boeing to compete in…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will soon start talks with Indian telecom service providers like Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, BharatNet and Raitel for possible collaborations to offer satellite communication, or broadband from space, services in the hardest-to-reach regions. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sanjay Bhargava, the India head of SpaceX’s Starlink operation,…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA pilot Tom Marshburn, commander Raja Chari, and mission specialist Kayla Barron inside the crew access arm at launch pad 39A during a dry dress rehearsal Oct. 28. Credit: SpaceX The planned launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule…

Home News Spaceflight The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station for NASA pose for a photo on the gantry to their Crew Dragon Endurance during a launch rehearsal. They are (from left): ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron.…

The world’s richest man’s poor sense of humor is exposing how much of a boys’ club tech still is. In an Oct. 29 tweet, Musk proposed opening a school called the Texas Institute of Technology and Science. In a thread, he added, “it will have epic merch, universally admired.” When…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission was delayed to Nov. 10. NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, a medical doctor and veteran of launches on the space shuttle and Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft, joins three rookie space fliers on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endurance” poised for liftoff on mission to the International Space…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour (bottom center) and a visiting uncrewed Cargo Dragon supply ship (foreground), are seen docked at the International Space Station's Harmony module in September 2021. (Image credit: NASA) The next astronauts to return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon won't be able use a…

1/5 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits the Crew 3 astronaut launch planned early Sunday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo courtesy of SpaceX | License Photo ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Astronauts headed to the International Space Station from Florida early Sunday aim to spend six months…

Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. The Federal Communications Commission this week urged a court to back the FCC's approval of SpaceX Starlink satellite launches against a lawsuit filed by Viasat and Dish. With oral arguments scheduled for December 3, final briefs were filed on Tuesday by the FCC, Viasat,…

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, checking off another box on the pre-flight checklist before liftoff Sunday with a four-person crew heading for the International Space Station. But a weather forecast shows a high risk that winds or waves int the Atlantic Ocean…