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SpaceX fires up huge Super Heavy booster ahead of 4th Starship test flight (photos, video)

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SpaceX fires up huge Super Heavy booster ahead of 4th Starship test flight (photos, video)

Space.com April 6, 2024

SpaceX just took another step toward the next launch of its Starship megarocket. The company conducted a...

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SpaceX launching 21 Starlink satellites from California on April 6

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SpaceX launching 21 Starlink satellites from California on April 6

Space.com April 6, 2024

SpaceX is set to launch 21 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Saturday night (April 6)...

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Watch live as Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers departs the ISS tonight

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Watch live as Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers departs the ISS tonight

Space.com April 6, 2024

A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and the first female Belarusian in space will leave the space...

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SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of 4th Starship flight (photos)

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SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of 4th Starship flight (photos)

Space.com April 5, 2024

SpaceX is continuing to gear up for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket. On Thursday...

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Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

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Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

Space.com April 5, 2024

We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight since August 2022....

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NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8

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NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8

Space.com April 5, 2024

In October 2023, a trio of sounding rockets traveled more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) into the...

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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this morning

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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this morning

Space.com April 5, 2024

SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its internet satellites to orbit early this morning...

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Dying SpaceX rocket creates eerie ‘dashed’ line in new photos. What’s going on?

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Dying SpaceX rocket creates eerie ‘dashed’ line in new photos. What’s going on?

Space.com April 5, 2024

Striking new photos show a perfect dashed line of light left behind by a dying SpaceX rocket...

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SpaceX launching 21 satellites tonight on 2nd leg of Starlink doubleheader

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SpaceX launching 21 satellites tonight on 2nd leg of Starlink doubleheader

Space.com April 5, 2024

SpaceX is set to launch of its 21 Starlink broadband satellites tonight (April 5), on the second...

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Watch live as 3 spaceflyers, including 1st female Belarusian in space, depart the ISS tonight

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Watch live as 3 spaceflyers, including 1st female Belarusian in space, depart the ISS tonight

Space.com April 5, 2024

A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and the first female Belarusian in space will leave the space...

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