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SpaceX's Starship rocket explodes during test flight
A SpaceX Starship megarocket exploded during a test flight Thursday near Brownsville, Texas.
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SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
SpaceX launched a mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down.
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Astronaut Suni Williams: Hardest part is uncertainty for folks on the ground
In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.
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NASA's two stuck astronauts finally preparing to return after 9 months in space
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out.
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Last-minute problems with SpaceX's mega rocket Starship forces delay of latest test flight
Last-minute problems have delayed the latest launch of SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship.
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A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon
A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon, a feat that only one other company has accomplished in spaceflight history, NBC News reported.
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FAA clears SpaceX for another Starship test flight after explosion in January
SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.
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Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez to go to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket company
The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the upcoming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.
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Mars' red color suggests a watery past
A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.
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A new lunar lander is set to launch to the moon's south pole this week
This will be the second lunar mission for a private company that made history a year ago by becoming the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.
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Family honors late Cape Cod man by sending his ashes into space
A late Cape Cod man’s wish to travel to space is coming true. David Lavender’s family is planning to send his ashes up on a rocket. It’s part of Celestis, a space flight program that gives those mourning a loss a unique way to celebrate life. “We celebrate everyone that is important to us, whether they’re still on this...
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NASA announces Crew-9 will return earlier than expected
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.
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SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster in latest Starship test
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.
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SpaceX loses Starship mid-flight, but catches booster again after launch
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight and reaches orbit
Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried an experiment meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is designed to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. Founded 25...
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Two lunar missions launch on SpaceX rocket
Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.
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Jeff Bezos' space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown
Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.
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Stranded NASA astronauts' Christmas photo is raising a major question
Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit.
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NASA again pushes back Artemis II mission, further delaying moon program
The planned launch is part of the multi-voyage Artemis program that aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972.
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Asteroid on ‘collision course' with Earth burns up above far northeastern Russia
Residents in the Russian republic of Yakutia were treated to a light show as the asteroid harmlessly burned up.