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B eef bourguignon and almond cake are among the dishes a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut is looking forward to tucking into when he returns to the International Space Station (ISS) courtesy of SpaceX. Set to launch on April 22, Thomas Pesquet will be the first ESA astronaut to fly…

by Jeff Foust — March 16, 2021 SpaceX's Starship SN10 prototype lifts off on a test flight March 3. Language in a NASA source selection statement suggests that SpaceX bid Starship for a launch of the TROPICS cluster of cubesats. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A NASA competition to launch a…

China is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of connectivity. Why it matters: There's growing concern that China is trying to enter the space internet market with the same…

The menagerie of bacterial and fungal species living among us is ever growing - and this is no exception in low-gravity environments, such as the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers from the United States and India working with NASA have now discovered four strains of bacteria living in different places…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei learned just last week that he’ll launch April 9 on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The former station resident suspected that might…

Photo: SpaceX (Getty Images)SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets into space for a record ninth time on Sunday, making it the first in the company’s fleet to launch and land nine times. The Falcon 9 rocket was carrying a new cargo of 60 Starlink satellites, which are…

Digital payments giant Stripe said Sunday that it's raised $600 million in new funding at a $95 billion valuation. Why it matters: This makes Stripe the most highly-valued U.S. "unicorn," topping SpaceX. It's also a massive increase over the $36 billion valuation Stripe secured last April. Investors include Allianz, Fidelity,…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the latest batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit Sunday, and returned to Earth successfully, landing on its Of Course I Still Love You drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the company announced. Sunday’s mission marked a record ninth flight and landing for this…

This morning, Sunday, March 14, SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket and successfully caught the rocket’s first stage for reuse. Being the booster’s ninth flight, this marks a new record for the number of times the company has used a booster. The booster in…

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight NowUsing a Falcon 9 booster flying for a record ninth time, SpaceX’s swift sequence of launches continued Sunday with a predawn liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center carrying another…