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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14), just five hours after another Starlink liftoff.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink internet satellites launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday (Nov. 14).

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SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch — and it's wearing a banana (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just rolled the upper stage of its sixth Starship megarocket out to the pad to gear up for its test flight, which is scheduled for Nov. 18.

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NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'

By Elizabeth Howell published

Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

International Space Station
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Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'

By Mike Wall published

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'

Private Spaceflight
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Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Nov. 11, 2024.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea, after weather delay (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 24 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida's Space Coast and landed a rocket at sea in the second of back-to-back launches today (Nov. 11).

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What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.

Space Exploration
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

Human Spaceflight
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SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today. It was be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.

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