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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the GPS III-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Image: SpaceX The U.S. Space Force is set to launch its final Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite …

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Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit

Spectators along the beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida, enjoy a spectacular Sunday morning launch, taking in the view of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket blasting off carrying a next-generation cellular broadband satellite. The company said later the AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 7 satellite ended up in the wrong orbit. Photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin …

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Live Coverage: Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands on pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on the eve of its launch with the BlueBird 7 satellite. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin plans to launch its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly before dawn on Sunday, carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird …

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Live coverage: SpaceX attempts 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission

File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is positioned to complete its 600th Falcon booster landing during a Starlink mission planned for Saturday morning. The Falcon 9 rocket will fly on a …

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Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket roars to life during a roughly 20-second static fire test of its seven BE-4 engines. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket roared to life in a critical pre-launch demonstration of its main engines Thursday, less than an hour after the Sun crested over the horizon in Florida. …

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Blue Origin one step closer to launching New Glenn from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands in the launch position at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of prelaunch testing for the NG-3 mission. Image: Blue Origin Days ahead of the planned third launch of a New Glenn rocket, Blue Origin was tapped by the U.S. Space Force to proceed towards …

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Live Coverage: West Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 25 Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX SpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another 25 satellites for its Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX is set to launch its 1,000th Starlink satellite so far in 2026 with an early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 10-24 …

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NASA confident Artemis 2 heat shield will protect crew during re-entry

The Artemis 2 heat shield undergoing inspections at the Kennedy Space Center before installation on the base of the Orion capsule bringing four astronauts back to Earth Friday after a flight around the moon. The heat shield is designed to protect the craft from re-entry temperatures as high as 5,000 degrees. Image: NASA. When the …

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Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions

MIT researchers utilized specially trained generative AI models to create a system that can complete the shape of hidden 3D objects, like the ones pictured. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers. By Adam Zewe MIT researchers have spent more than a decade studying techniques that enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects by “seeing” through …

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