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First phase of SpaceX’s Starlink network nears completion with Falcon 9 launch

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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Wednesday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now The launch of 60 more Starlink satellites Wednesday from Cape Canaveral could give SpaceX enough spacecraft to complete the first layer of its privately-funded global internet network, but the company shows no signs of slowing …

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Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner will fly on the AX-2 mission. Credit: Axiom Space Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut, and veteran GT3-class race car driver John Shoffner, a long-time pilot, will anchor a four-person crew launching to the International Space Station aboard Axiom Space’s second commercial trip …

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SpaceX rolls out rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeks

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 40 Monday afternoon at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Monday to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a liftoff scheduled Wednesday with the next batch of Starlink …

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NASA assigns fourth astronaut to SpaceX’s next space station crew launch

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NASA astronaut Kayla Barron. Credit: NASA NASA has assigned astronaut Kayla Barron to join three crewmates on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft set to launch to the International Space Station in October, rounding out a four-person team after the space agency was unable to secure an agreement to add a Russian cosmonaut to the mission. Barron, …

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Tyvak smallsat launched by SpaceX to validate miniature space debris telescope

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File photo of a Tyvak-built 6U CubeSat being placed Ito its launch dispenser. Credit: Tyvak Tyvak, a manufacturer of small satellites, disclosed new details Monday about an experimental spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, revealing plans to validate compact optical telescopes that could offer a new way to monitor space traffic and …

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SpaceX ramps up launch rate fifth Falcon 9 mission in three weeks

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A Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from pad 39A Saturday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s fifth Falcon 9 launch in a little more than three weeks delivered 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two small hitchhiker payloads to orbit after a booming blastoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday evening. The kerosene-fueled …

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Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready for weekend launch

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Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A Saturday afternoon as teams counted down to liftoff with 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two hitchhiker payloads. Weather permitting, the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher was set for liftoff at 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT) on SpaceX’s 15th Falcon 9 flight …

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Two hitchhiker smallsats to accompany SpaceX’s next Starlink mission into orbit

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Artist’s concept of a Capella synthetic aperture radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space An innovative commercial Capella radar observation spacecraft with night vision and a small payload from the California-based smallest manufacturer Tyvak are set to ride into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast Saturday with 52 more Starlink internet satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. …

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NASA, Axiom sign agreements moving ahead with first commercial station visit

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A view of the Atlantic Ocean from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA and Houston-based Axiom Space have signed a “mission order” setting the stage for four civilians to visit to the International Space Station early next year, the first fully commercial flight to the orbiting lab …

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SpaceX reaches rocket reuse milestone on Starlink launch

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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Sunday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now The launch of another 60 Starlink internet spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Sunday thrust SpaceX past a major milestone in rocket reuse: the 10th successful flight of a Falcon 9 booster. The mission marked the fourth …

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