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Watch: Elon Musk’s SpaceX unable to repeat Starship booster catch, ends with dramatic splashdown

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Watch: Elon Musk’s SpaceX unable to repeat Starship booster catch, ends with dramatic splashdown

Successful splashdown of Starship in Indian Ocean SpaceX conducted its latest test flight of the Starship rocket system on Tuesday, showcasing both challenges and milestones for the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket, which took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, faced difficulties recovering its enormous booster stage … Read more

Why was SpaceX’s sixth Starship test launch different?

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Why was SpaceX’s sixth Starship test launch different?

Why was SpaceX’s sixth Starship test launch different? – CBS News Watch CBS News SpaceX successfully launched its Super Heavy-Starship rocket from Texas for its sixth test flight Tuesday with its CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump looking on. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen has more on the launch. Be the first to know … Read more

Rocket boost to their bond: Elon Musk plays host as Donald Trump watches starship launch in Texas

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Rocket boost to their bond: Elon Musk plays host as Donald Trump watches starship launch in Texas

Tesla CEO and department of government efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk on Tuesday hosted the US President-elect Donald Trump at SpaceX’s South Texas facility near the Mexican border. Trump observed attentively as Musk, using a model, explained the test procedures for the Starship rocket launch. The president-elect then watched the lift-off under the bright sunlight.The … Read more

Isro depended on SpaceX to launch GSAT-N2 as its existing capability was not sufficient: Ex-chiefs

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Isro depended on SpaceX to launch GSAT-N2 as its existing capability was not sufficient: Ex-chiefs

SpaceX’s Falcon-9 lifts off with India’s Gsat-20 Bengaluru: India is depended on billionaire Elon Musk founded SpaceX to launch its latest communication satellite, GSAT-N2, from US soil as its existing launch vehicles lack the capacity to take off more than 4,000 tonne of payloads, former Isro chiefs said on Tuesday. SpaceX placed the 4,700 kg … Read more

City-Ruining Self-Driving Cars And The Billionaires Who Love Them In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

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City-Ruining Self-Driving Cars And The Billionaires Who Love Them In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on… Read more… Read original article here … Read more

Exclusive | Trump’s comeback no surprise for China – and this time Beijing is prepared

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Exclusive | Trump’s comeback no surprise for China – and this time Beijing is prepared

Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House was not the surprise it was when he won his first term, Chinese officials have said, and this time, policy strategy and contingencies have been planned well in advance. When Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, Beijing, like the rest of world, was caught off guard … Read more

SpaceX asks Taiwanese suppliers to move production abroad on geopolitical risks

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SpaceX asks Taiwanese suppliers to move production abroad on geopolitical risks

Elon Musk’s SpaceX asked Taiwanese suppliers to transfer manufacturing off the island, leading to some relocating portions of their supply chain, according to sources employed by and close to the equipment makers and corporate documents. A source at a company that is one of the numerous subcontractors that provide components for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet … Read more

Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space As Testbed For Timber-Built Mars Missions

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Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space As Testbed For Timber-Built Mars Missions

Photo: STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP (Getty Images) With space debris becoming an increasingly common threat in orbit, a change in aerospace design could be necessary. A wooden satellite designed by Japanese researchers was launched into orbit on Tuesday by SpaceX. The unique device will shape the future of satellites and how space agencies tackle human habitation on … Read more

NASA astronaut hospitalized upon return from extended stay in space

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NASA astronaut hospitalized upon return from extended stay in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida —  A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday. A SpaceX capsule carrying three Americans and one Russian parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of … Read more

Elon Musk and Putin talks ramped up during Twitter takeover: WSJ

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Elon Musk and Putin talks ramped up during Twitter takeover: WSJ

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to reporting published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Citing “several current and former U.S., European and Russian officials,” the Journal reported that conversations between Putin and Musk, a Republican megadonor and Pentagon contractor, took … Read more