SpaceX is reaping profits this year, solidifying its role in the top tier of space companies operating in the US today – and impressing the rest of the sector in a new era of space flight. Why it matters: Instead of staying the young upstart that breaks all the rules, …
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Douche Hurley and Bob Behnken, NASA astronauts, described in detail how it felt and sounded like when SpaceX’s spaceship crashed back into Earth for a successful splash in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. The astronauts said they were surprised at how similar the experience was to what SpaceX …
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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Looking a little toasty after a historic splashdown on the Gulf Coast, SpaceX’s astronaut spaceship will return to Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon. The Crew Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Endeavor arrived by boat around Port Canaveral around 5am when the recovery ship Go Navigator made its way …
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After a gap of two months, SpaceX has returned the batches of dozens of satellites in its gambit to allow Earth high-speed Internet access. The satellites are a new “VisorSat” variety to make them less luminous for the ground and especially for the telescopes of astronomers. But researchers say the …
Read More »Photo: Denis Charlet (fake pictures) The Federal Communications Commission gave Amazon go-ahead on Thursday for its ambitious Kuiper project, which would put 3,236 broadband satellites in orbit to transmit Internet coverage down to earth. With this regulatory milestone assured, Amazon posed to join SpaceX in the race to be the …
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