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SpaceX’s Starship has crossed a threshold the program spent more than three years approaching: Flight 14 reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites. According to the company’s mission record, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, on September 28 using Booster 21 and Ship 41. The mission marked both Starship’s…
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NASA has completed a major round of ground testing on a shoebox-size spacecraft that will attempt something unusual in orbit: feed both a high-thrust chemical engine and efficient electric thrusters from the same non-toxic propellant tank. The agency says its ASCENT Propulsion Dual Mode 6U CubeSat has passed leak, thermal-vacuum and spin testing at Marshall…
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Nokia’s lunar 4G/LTE hardware reached the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander. Here is how the network was designed and what happened to the planned surface demonstration.
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Rocket Lab has completed its 97th Electron mission, delivering Synspective’s 13th StriX synthetic aperture radar satellite into a 559-kilometer low Earth orbit. The mission, called “Owlright Owlright Owlright,” lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on September 26. Rocket Lab said it was the company’s 18th launch of 2026 and its…
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NASA has added Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contract in a $946 million modification extending crew transportation services through 2030.
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NASA has added Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contract in a $946 million expansion covering astronaut transportation and mission services through 2030.
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SpaceX has received two U.S. Space Force task orders worth a combined $1.6 billion, covering 18 Falcon 9 launches for the military’s Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio. The missions will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and are expected to be completed by the end of 2027. The satellites are intended to…
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SpaceX is approaching its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, giving investors their clearest look yet at the financial performance behind Starlink, Starship and the company’s expanding artificial-intelligence infrastructure. Following its record-setting June 2026 IPO, the report will provide a major reality check for a business valued not only as a launch provider,…
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Steam OS is recognized as one of the most advanced operating systems for gaming. It offers a robust platform designed to enhance the gaming experience through its compatibility and performance features. One of the standout games available on Steam OS is Space Engine, a game that reflects the physics of the universe with remarkable accuracy.…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in collaboration with Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries, has emerged as a leading contender to develop President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system. The initiative aims to deploy a network of 400 to over 1,000 satellites for missile detection and tracking, along with approximately 200 armed satellites to intercept threats.…
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Russian scientists have announced the development of a prototype plasma rocket engine capable of reaching Mars in as little as 30 days, a significant reduction from the nearly year-long journey using conventional chemical propulsion. Alexey Voronov, First Deputy Director General for Science at Rosatom’s Research Institute in Troitsk, highlighted the dangers of prolonged exposure to…
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket, experienced a dramatic series of events that impacted the ionosphere. Four minutes after liftoff, the Super Heavy booster exploded at an altitude of approximately 56 miles, shortly after separating from the second stage. The remaining part of the spacecraft, continuing its flight, reached about 93 miles before combusting as well. These incidents,…
