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Third time’s the charm! SpaceX’s Starship roared into orbit today from the company’s Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas. Larger and more powerful than the venerable Saturn V, the giant rocket lifted off into the history books at 8:25 am CDT.Continue Readi… Continue reading Starship successfully makes orbit – but the FAA has grounded it anyway
Want to see if SpaceX’s Starship steps up or blows up on its third orbital launch attempt? New Atlas gives you the lowdown on how to tune in and watch the action live as it happens today, beginning at 8:00am EDT.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Science… Continue reading Starship is about to launch, watch with us live!
Tackling one of the unsung but absolutely necessary tasks of Moon exploration, NASA and SpaceX are doing intensive testing of the docking mechanism that will be used to transfer astronauts from Artemis to the Starship Human Landing System (HLS).Continu… Continue reading NASA and SpaceX run Moon lander docking system through the wringer
SpaceX and T-Mobile sent up a bunch of Direct to Cell Starlink satellites back in January as a first step toward universal coverage. The company quickly sent and received the first text messages, and now the first post on X has appeared.Continue Readin… Continue reading SpaceX sends first X post from ordinary phone via Starlink satellites
SpaceX plans to regularly launch its monster Starship booster from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and to do so it will refurbish an Apollo-era launch site and also construct a new one, according to a new environmental impact statement.Continue Re… Continue reading Is Kennedy Space Center ready to withstand the power of Starship?
It’s already been more than fifty years since a human last stepped foot on another celestial body, and now that NASA has officially pushed back key elements of their Artemis …read more Continue reading NASA Adjusts Course on Journey to the Moon
SpaceX has launched a new Starlink constellation of satellites for T-Mobile with Direct to Cell capabilities. These will allow subscribers with most ordinary mobile phones to call, text, and browse directly from satellites even in dead zones.Continue R… Continue reading SpaceX and T-Mobile launches satellites that can contact cell phones
The US Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane has launched successfully on its multi-year orbital mission. At 8:07 pm EST, the unmanned vehicle set atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Con… Continue reading US Space Force’s not-so-secret X-37B spaceplane roars into orbit
With the notable exception of the now retired Space Shuttle orbiters, essentially every object humanity ever shot into space has been single-use only. But since December of 2015, SpaceX has …read more Continue reading Veteran SpaceX Booster Lost Due To Rough Seas
By the end of the decade, NASA’s Artemis program hopes to have placed boots back on the Moon for the first time since 1972. But not for the quick sightseeing …read more Continue reading Artemis’ Next Giant Leap: Orbital Refueling