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SpaceX has Given up Trying to Catch Rocket Fairings. Fishing Them out of the Ocean is Fine
If there is one driving force in the commercial space industry it is economics. The whole concept of reusable booster…
Every Part of Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket is Gigantic, Including its Nose Cone
Massive. Enormous. Huge. Gigantic. And whatever other words you find in the thesaurus all do the job when it comes…
SpaceX Launches Another 60 Starlink Satellites
In May of 2019, Elon Musk began delivering on his promise to create a constellation of satellites (named Starlink) that…
SpaceX Does it Again with Second Retrieval of Falcon Heavy Rocket
This week, SpaceX conducted the first commercial launch of the Falcon Heavy (and second launch overall) and managed to bring…
SpaceX Uses a Thrice-Launched Booster to Send 64 Satellites Into Space.
Earlier today (Monday, Dec. 3rd), private aerospace giant SpaceX launched its Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. The launch took place…
SpaceX Launches the First of Thousands of Space Internet Satellites, but Didn’t Quite Catch the Fairing
After a few delays, SpaceX launched the first of its planned constellation of internet satellites, but failed to recover the…
Here’s How SpaceX is Planning to Recover Rocket Fairings: a Boat With a Net Called Mr. Steven
In their latest attempt to reduce the costs of individual launches, SpaceX is looking to make their rockets payload fairings…
SpaceX Resuming Launches from Damaged Pad 40 on Dec. 4 with Station Resupply Flight for NASA; Covert Zuma Remains on Hold
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After postponing last week’s liftoff of the covert ‘Zuma’ spy satellite due to last minute…