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Eutelsat uses SpaceX rocket to launch first satellites after merger

October 20, 2024 11:48 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off, opens new tab with Eutelsat satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 0513 GMT.

SpaceX launches private mission to space station with first Turkish astronaut

January 19, 2024 2:54 pm

Axiom Space's private Ax-3 mission on Friday launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Crew-4 mission launches successfully; astronauts settle in for ride to ISS

April 27, 2022 3:20 pm

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, successfully separated from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and is now flying on its own.

SpaceX's first 2019 launch completes iridium satellite network

January 12, 2019 7:10 pm

SpaceX began releasing them into orbit about an hour later at an altitude of roughly 390 miles and completed deployment within 15 minutes.

SpaceX Dragon carrying AI robot reaches space station

July 03, 2018 11:43 am

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel captured the Dragon spacecraft using the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

HAL-like robot to help astronaut in space odyssey

June 29, 2018 8:02 pm

Currently, astronauts read these instructions from a laptop, which Biniok says is an arduous process that a responsive, hands-free companion like CIMON can replace.

SpaceX flies Iridium, NASA satellites in 10th launch of 2018

May 23, 2018 1:45 pm

SpaceX led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, who’s also CEO of Tesla Inc, is targeting roughly 30 missions this year, up from a record 18 in 2017.

SpaceX postpones first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket

May 11, 2018 2:15 pm

A last-minute technical glitch prompted SpaceX to postpone for at least 24 hours the first commercial flight of its updated Falcon 9 rocket

NASA's Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

April 19, 2018 2:20 pm

Tess is the successor to NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, on its last legs after discovering a few thousand exoplanets over the past nine years.

Extra portion of SpaceX rocket recovered from launch, Musk says

April 01, 2017 2:56 pm

SpaceX has focused most of its efforts and more than $1 billion into developing technologies to recover the Falcon 9's main section.

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