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The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which has conducted a record 19 flights into space, crashed, falling from the platform into the ocean after launch on December 23. SpaceX said on Twitter that new versions of the Falcon 9 will have a system that will prevent such incidents. The first stages of […]
On December 28, Elon Musk’s company will try to launch an unmanned X-37B spacecraft using a Falcon Heavy rocket. This was reported by the press service of the US Space Force. The launch was originally scheduled for December 7, then it was postponed to the 10th, but due to unfavorable weather conditions, the launch was […]
SpaceX has retired one of the most honored launch vehicles with the serial number B1058. This happened immediately after a record 19 launches into space, and return. Of course, the information was posted on social network X (formerly Twitter): The Falcon rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landed on December 23. This reusable […]
SpaceX continues to prepare for the third launch of the world’s largest rocket, the Starship. A static fire test of the engines was conducted the day before. The space company has tested a new Starship prototype at a launch complex in South Texas. “The Starship for the third flight passed a full duration static fire […]
SpaceX has scheduled the launch of a new batch of its Starlink Internet satellites for December 15. The company announced this on its website. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites will be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This batch of satellites will include six of the latest devices with Direct […]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, which carries the X-37B reusable unmanned spacecraft, has been unable to launch for the third day in a row. What’s the problem? Initially, the launch was scheduled for December 11, but SpaceX postponed the launch due to a problem in the ground system and rescheduled it for the evening of the […]
SpaceX continues to expand its achievements in the space industry, setting a new record with two rocket launches in two consecutive days. The company successfully sent another batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Thursday and Friday, completing its 90th and 91st orbital missions in 2023. The first launch took place on Thursday, […]
The mysterious X-37B spaceplane of the US Space Force is almost ready for its seventh flight. The Space Force and SpaceX are “making final preparations” for the launch of the robotic X-37B scheduled for Sunday evening (December 10). This was announced on December 7 by Space Force officials in an updated email. The spaceplane is […]
SpaceX has made two attempts to launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit. As part of the third test, the aerospace company and NASA plan to test the refueling technology in orbit. NASA wants to test the viability of the concept of orbital refueling of the spacecraft. At the same time, the agency has not yet […]
SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on December 7, Space reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 07:07 Kyiv time, the 90th SpaceX orbital mission of 2023. The rocket’s first stage returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after […]