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A long-duration photo captures the view of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds from a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/Don Pettit) What it is: The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, two dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way Where it is: 160,000…

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WASHINGTON: Tech billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $270 million to help Donald Trump win the US presidency, according to new federal filings, making him the country's biggest political donor. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Musk, the world's richest person, was an ardent supporter of Trump's White House campaign -- funneling…

SpaceX completed its first Starlink direct-to-cell satellite constellation this week. On Wednesday, the company launched 20 satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, 13 of which can communicate directly with cell phones without extra equipment. The completed constellation follows the FCC’s approval of a deal between SpaceX and T-Mobile last week.…

(Image credit: SpaceX) We might not have to wait too long to see the world's most powerful rocket take to the skies again. That vehicle, SpaceX's 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) Starship, conducted its third test flight last Thursday (March 14) from the company's Starbase launch site in South Texas. Starship notched a…

SpaceX is reportedly eyeing a quick turnaround for its fourth Starship launch. Following a very successful third launch earlier this month, SpaceX seems keen on a May launch date for Starship’s fourth iteration, according to some reports. The news first broke during the Satellite 2024 conference on March 19, when…

WASHINGTON — Several organizations have filed a new complaint about the environmental impacts of SpaceX Starship launches even as government agencies face criticism for delaying such launches for environmental reviews. Several environmental groups announced Dec. 15 that they had filed a supplemental legal claim in federal court regarding licensing of…

Elon Musk's SpaceX company attempted another launch of its Starship mega-rocket following the failed attempt in April that saw the craft explode - it exploded again but it's being hailed as progress Video Loading Video Unavailable SpaceX Starship rocket explodes during test journey After a riveting maiden launch earlier this…

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship vehicle for the second time ever on Saturday (Nov. 18), and you can watch the historic liftoff live. SpaceX aims to launch Starship, a next-generation system designed to take people and payloads to deep space, during a 20-minute window that opens at 8 a.m. EST (1300…

The 11 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station: Crew-7, front row, left to right: Konstantin Borisov, Andreas Mogensen, Jasmin Moghbeli and Satoshi Furukawa; second row, left to right: UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, Soyuz MS-23/69S astronaut Frank Rubio, MS 23/69S commander Sergey Prokopyev, Crew-6 pilot Woody Hoburg and Crew-6…