Tag: spacex
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Elon Musk Says He Tested Positive And Negative For Covid In The Same Day
PA Elon Musk says he’s tested positive and negative for COVID-19 twice each within the past day, claiming that ‘something bogus is going on’. Posting on Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX founder wrote, ‘Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse.’…
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SpaceX Starlink partners with Microsoft Azure to deploy cloud computing anywhere
Microsoft Azure has announced a partnership with SpaceX that will give customers the ability to both access and deploy cloud computing capabilities anywhere on Earth with the help of Starlink internet. Ultimately designed with anywhere from ~4,400 to ~40,000 operational satellites in mind, SpaceX’s Starlink constellation aims to connect users to the internet where existing…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule christened ahead of operational astronaut launch debut
The long-standing tradition of astronauts naming the spacecraft that transports them safely to and from space continues ahead of SpaceX’s next crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Shortly after safely arriving in low Earth orbit during SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission to the ISS under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken…
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy side booster arrives at Texas test facilities
NASASpaceflight.com reports that the very first new booster for SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch has arrived at the firm ’s McGregor, Texas test facilities. The canonical sign that SpaceX is quickly progressing towards its following Falcon Heavy launching, the assignment – set to carry the US army ’so called US Space Force 44 (USSF-44) satellite(s)…
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SpaceX to attempt first East Coast polar launch in half a century as storms loom
Despite bad weather that forced SpaceX to stand down from a Starlink launch planned earlier this morning, the company is still on track to attempt the first East Coast polar launch in half a century later this evening. Known as SAOCOM 1B, the Argentinian spacecraft scheduled to launch on Falcon 9 is the second in…
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SpaceX Starship go for nosecone installation forward after historic static fire
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that Starship and Raptor’s first triple-engine static fire was a success, opening the door for nosecone installation. Around 3:13 am CDT, October 20th, Starship serial number 8 (SN8) successfully fired up three Raptor engines less than two hours after completing the first successful three-engine preburner test. With zero direct…
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SpaceX soars with flawless Starship hop, Starlink launch five hours apart
SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites and hopped a Starship prototype just five hours apart. Right on schedule, Falcon 9 booster B1060 brought several days of delays to a welcome end, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (Pad 39A) at 8:48 am EDT (UTC-4). Nine minutes…
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SpaceX lends Starlink to Washington emergency services as Elon Musk talks IPO
SpaceX has provided Washington’s Emergency Management department access to Starlink satellite internet service in a bid to support the state’s emergency response to dangerous wildfires. Though the customer is technically a military department, this is the first public announcement of the internet constellation’s use in a civil service-oriented role. In the case of Malden, WA,…
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SpaceX has a California launch date for the first time in 16 months
Just over a week after a Falcon 9 booster was spotted heading west, NASA has confirmed the date for SpaceX’s first California launch in more than 16 months. Spotted in Texas on August 20th, Arizona on August 23rd, and at the entrance to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) on August 24th, the SpaceX rocket is…
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NASA’s Artemis Moon mission hits important milestone with successful full-scale booster test
NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission to the Moon hit an important milestone today by successfully ground testing a full-scale version of its newest rocket booster. Building on the completion of other similar tests of the booster – named Flight Support Booster 1 (FSB-1) – which qualified it for flight as part of the agency’s upcoming Space…