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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft features a neat trick: After being launched into space, it deploys massive solar arrays that unfold from the rocket body (video here). These arrays suck up the sun's delicious juice, providing power for the craft's sensors, communications systems, and heating and cooling systems.It took a team of…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit Monday (Feb. 17),  but missed a milestone rocket landing on what was the company's fourth flight of the year.Smoked billowed and flames erupted as the sooty Falcon 9 roared to life at…

SpaceX has launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, marking its fifth overall launch of a group of 60 of the small spacecraft and its third this year alone. This launch brings the total constellation to 300 satellites for Starlink on orbit, extending SpaceX’s lead as the largest…

SpaceX is launching another batch of 60 Starlink satellites to join its existing constellation, which will bring the total to 300 and be the third Starlink launch this year. The launch will also be a potentially record-setting demonstration of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reusability, with the shortest turnaround time for a…

Elon Musks SpaceX has made major headway towards making space travel more accessible and efficient thanks to reusable rockets, but until now its focus has been on unmanned flights. Then last month, Musk said the company was planning for a launch sometime in Q…

Elon Musks SpaceX will launch 60 satellites this Tuesday as part of its ambitious Starlink program to provide world-wide broadband internet coverage. Plans to launch the satellites on Monday 27 January were scrubbed due to unfavorable wind conditions. Expert…

One of the craziest parts of the launch was seeing a dummy astronaut inside the Tesla Roadster floating in space. SpaceX This chart shows where Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is expected to be as of Feb. 6, 2020. Where is Roadster? screenshot by Amanda Kooser/…

Steven Counts for Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic moved its VSS Unity spacecraft from Mojave, California, to its commercial headquarters in New Mexico on Thursday, it said in a press release. Shares of the space-tourism company spiked 19% on Friday to an all-time high. Virgin Galactic says the VSS Unity will eventually…

There’s a new launch startup in the mix called Astra, which has been operating in semi-stealth mode for the past three years, building its rockets just a stone’s throw from the heart of startup central in Alameda County, Calif. Astra’s approach isn’t exactly …

President Donald Trump is set to request a budget of $25.6 billion for NASA for its fiscal 2021 operating year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. It’s looking for nearly $3 billion more than the $22.6 billion NASA had for its current fiscal year, an…