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Billions of dollars lost in government contracts. A slew of regulatory headaches. These are just some of the ramifications Elon Musk could face over his fallout with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two men may have personally split, at least for now. But if Trump is seeking to retaliate against the tech …
Read More »SpaceX launches another Starship but loses control 30 minutes into flight
After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart. The 123-metre rocket blasted off on its ninth demo from Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas. CEO …
Read More »NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out International Space Station stay
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. Wilmore and Williams, two veteran …
Read More »SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after hydraulics problem
NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA had been set to launch a SpaceX rocket from Florida carrying a …
Read More »Japan, U.S. lunar landers go separate ways after being launched together from SpaceX rocket
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the latest in a stream of private spacecraft …
Read More »SpaceX could launch and catch massive Starship this Sunday
SpaceX is preparing to once again launch its 37-storey Starship as soon as Sunday, pending regulatory approval. This will be the fifth launch of Starship, and could be a particularly incredible show: SpaceX plans to catch the 21-storey booster at the launch pad shortly after liftoff. The news comes as a bit of a surprise, as …
Read More »SpaceX launches rescue mission for NASA astronauts stuck on International Space Station
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because …
Read More »Wildfire-detecting tech powered by Rogers 5G, SpaceX to be deployed in B.C.
Firefighters in British Columbia will soon have access to early wildfire-detecting technology that uses 5G, artificial intelligence and satellites to spot emerging blazes long before the flames spread. The first-in-Canada systems announced by Rogers on Thursday will connect Pano AI cameras that can detect smoke up to 20 kilometres away …
Read More »Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch
Canadian rural internet provider Xplore Inc. plans to offer faster satellite internet to those in remote locations this fall following the launch of the Jupiter 3 satellite into space. The New Brunswick-based telecommunications company said the technology will provide a homegrown alternative to broadband internet service offered to rural Canadians …
Read More »Rocket Report: SpaceX raises more cash, buy your own New Glenn
Enlarge / The James Webb Space Telescope lifts off from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 rocket on December 25. ESA – S. Corvaja Welcome to Edition 4.27 of the Rocket Report! And after two weeks away, the Rocket Report is back. I’d like to say I’m tanned, rested, and …
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