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Home » Energy » Old 1962 Hall Effect Thrusters versus a Modern SpaceX Argon Thurster The lower box is one the earliest spacecraft ion thrusters (from EOS circa 1962), and on top is a new arrival, a modern marvel from the SpaceX Starlink satellites used for on orbit maneuvering. SpaceX…

By J. David Goodman December 25, 2024 — 8.06am Over the past few years, Elon Musk has expanded his footprint in Texas, moving his companies from California and building offices, warehouses and manufacturing plants across a growing number of Texas counties. Now Musk is trying to do something that few,…

SpaceX wants to land its Starship rocket on the moon SpaceX Around a dozen landers are aiming for touchdown on the lunar surface next year, with the goal of developing the technology necessary to build a permanent human presence there. This fusillade of launches is part of an ongoing campaign to ramp…

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A Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 39A carrying 21 satellites for the Starlink network. Image: Pete Carstens/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in the midnight hour on Monday to add another 21 satellites to its orbiting Starlink fleet. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-2…

A Falcon 9 lifts off Dec. 21 on the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched 30 satellites Dec. 21 on the second in a series of dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:34 a.m.…

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster rocket lift off during a test flight on Nov. 19 in Boca Chica, Texas. Jon Shapley—Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Read More

SpaceX test-fired the upper stage of its seventh Starship megarocket again recently, this time practicing for an in-space engine burn. The company ignited all six of the Flight 7 Starship spacecraft's Raptor engines for about 10 seconds on a test stand at its Starbase facility in South Texas on Sunday…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A near sunset to begin the O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 mission on Dec. 17, 2024. This was SpaceX’s third Falcon 9 launch in less than 24 hours. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 6:14 p.m. EST (2300 UTC): SpaceX landed…

File: The Falcon 9 at sunrise Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 as final preparations were made for the NROL-167 mission. Image: SpaceX. Update 10:37 a.m. EST (1537 UTC): The first stage booster successfully landed on the droneship. Before sunrise Tuesday morning, SpaceX completed its final mission supporting the National Reconnaissance Office…