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1 hour ago · SpaceX will use a Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites, Japan will use an H3 rocket to launch a radar Earth observation satellite, and China will launch a Long March 6A carrying an unknown payload.
11 hours ago · The latest science news highlights several fascinating topics. Researchers delve into the mystery of the last woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island, pinpoint the date of the Kyrenia shipwreck, explore SpaceX's upcoming mission to deorbit the ISS, examine Boeing Starliner's testing woes, and discover Neanderthal compassion through a fossil. Furthermore, NASA continues to evaluate the Starliner ...
8 hours ago · NASA has chosen SpaceX to develop a vehicle that will safely bring the International Space Station (ISS) to its end. This contract is valued at up to $843 million, not including launch expenses. Space.com reports that in early and late 2023, NASA sought proposals from US aerospace firms for a "space ...
14 hours ago · Less than two weeks before its maiden flight, Europe’s weather satellite operator canceled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6, choosing instead to partner with US company SpaceX. According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the most recent setback for European space endeavors follows four years of postponements for the Ariane 6, which ...
8 hours ago · Cloaked under the mission name of NROL-186—a National Reconnaissance Office designator—the mission rose from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4E at the mountain-ringed West Coast launch site at 8:14 p.m. PDT Friday, marking the 67th SpaceX flight of the year and its tenth of June. A Starlink payload stack is readied for launch.
8 hours ago · While NASA cancels a spacewalk because of a water umbilical leak, the agency selects SpaceX to build a deorbit vehicle for the International Space Station, s...
893 upvotes 318. SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X: Starship and Super Heavy loaded with more than 10 million pounds of propellant in a rehearsal ahead of Flight 4. Launch is targeted as early as June 5, pending regulatory approval. 474 upvotes 111.
