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Peter Thiel may be the most successful venture capitalist of his era, with a resume that spans from Facebook to SpaceX to Airbnb. But no venture capitalist bats 1000, and Thiel's biggest whiff was of much greater consequence than pushing a mediocre app into the market. Flashback: Just days before…

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This is just the nose Starship SN8. Elon Musk SpaceX is working toward another high-altitude test flight of its next-generation spaceflight system, and it could come this week.  The latest prototype of Elon Musk's Starship, which is identified by the serial number SN9, underwent a brief test firing of its…

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral to put a Turkish communications satellite in space this week. The launch marked the first of 2021 and the first of more than 40 Falcon rocket missions scheduled for 2021. All of those missions will be launched from Florida and…

by Jeff Foust — January 9, 2021 The FCC will allow SpaceX to launch 10 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit on the Transporter-1 mission later this month. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will allow SpaceX to launch 10 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on an upcoming…

In brief The European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (ESPRIT) took another step closer to reality this week as the European Space Agency (ESA) inked a €296.5m contract with Thales Alenia Space to build the module for the Lunar Gateway. ESPRIT will consist of two elements. One will deal…

Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight NowA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space from Cape Canaveral and deployed a Turkish communications satellite Thursday night, the first of more than 40 Falcon rocket missions scheduled this year from launch pads in Florida and California. The rapid-fire cadence of launches in 2021,…

by Jeff Foust — January 7, 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Turksat 5A communications satellite lifts off Jan. 7. Credit: SpaceX webcast WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Turkish communications satellite Jan. 7 to start what may be the busiest year yet for the launch company.…

Elon Musk has overtaken Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the richest person on the planet. A jump in the stock value of Musk’s Tesla electric car company this week pushed the entrepreneur’s worth to an eye-watering$195 billion, $10 billion more than Bezos’s current value, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires…

Turksat 5A flies today — This launch continues the trend of SpaceX using increasingly experienced first stages. Eric Berger - Jan 7, 2021 11:56 pm UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Turksat 5A mission. 9:30pm ET Thursday: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched on…