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SpaceX’s launch of 51 more Starlink internet satellites Wednesday from California marked the 200th consecutive successful mission for the company’s Falcon rocket family, a record unmatched by any other space launch vehicle. The string of successes dates back to September 2016, when a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a launch…

Elon Musk had a Twitter Space where he reviewed the Starship launch. He indicated that clearing the launch tower and reaching supersonic speed before the rocket failed was a success. The rocket launch was pretty close to what Elon expected. 27 seconds into the flight a kinetic event (NBF- probably…

Home News Tech Illustration of a constellation of satellites in orbit above Earth. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A group of Europe's major space and telecommunications players will bid for a proposed satellite constellation that could compete with SpaceX's Starlink system.  Companies including Airbus Defense and Space, Eutelsat,…

April 21, 2023 - 8:26PM Oovvuu Fox Business reports that after postponing the launch due to a frozen valve a few days ago, Starship successfully blasted off on April 20. Then it blew up over the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

luckyluke007/Shutterstock SpaceX's Starship launch test in April ended up in a fiery explosion even though the Elon Musk-led company called it a success. In the wake of the test, debris and ashy sand-like particulate matter were found scattered across a larger area than previously anticipated, and the nearby wildlife area even…

Environmental groups and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas have filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration after SpaceX’s Starship blew up during a launch at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, last month. The explosion obliterated the launch pad, sending dust and debris flying for miles. Ash scatted over areas…

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.  Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk expects SpaceX to spend about $2 billion on its Starship rocket development this year, as the company pushes…

WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said the first integrated test flight of his company’s Starship vehicle met his expectations despite a cascading series of engine failures and other malfunctions that eventually caused the rocket to lose control. Musk, speaking in a subscriber-only chat April 29 on Twitter, the…

Home News Skywatching A piece of a SpaceX spacecraft made a dramatic but harmless re-entry over the western United States late Thursday (April 27). The "trunk" section of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft broke into shimmering streaks over a swath of states, such as Colorado and Arizona, at about 4:52…

In his interview on Maher's Real Time, the Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX CEO also had to be reminded that humans can't drink seawater After giving one of the last interviews Tucker Carlson would air before his unceremonious firing by Fox News, and a surprise sit-down with a BBC reporter, Elon…