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SpaceX Starship Successfully Completes Sixth Flight With a Banana Payload, Super Heavy Splashdown
SpaceX’s Starship completed its sixth flight on November 19, 2024, from Texas. The test flight carried a plush banana payload, marking the first-ever payload onboard. While the planned booster catch was cancelled due to a safety parameter, the booster executed a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The upper stage tested heat shield upgra...
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NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Completes Initial Engine Tests, First Flight Approaching
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet has passed initial engine testing, bringing it closer to its anticipated first flight. Developed at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, the X-59 aims to break the sound barrier without creating disruptive sonic booms, featuring a unique elongated nose and an external vision system. This research will gather public re...
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"Where Can I Buy Ticket?": Anand Mahindra Asks Elon Musk After Starship Rocket Scripts History
SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship mega-rocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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Watch: In A First, SpaceX 'Catches' Falling Rocket Booster On Launchpad
SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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SpaceX To Attempt First-Ever Booster Catch With 'Chopstick' Arms
SpaceX's next test flight of its Starship megarocket this Sunday could mark a world first: catching the returning first-stage booster using the launch tower's "chopstick" arms -- a crucial step in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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India Reports First Case of Highly-Transmissible Mpox Clade 1b Variant in Kerala
India has reported its first mpox case with the highly transmissible clade 1b strain. A 38-year-old man from Kerala, recently returned from Dubai, has been infected with the new variant. Health authorities are tracing and monitoring 66 contacts, including 29 family members and 37 flight passengers, but no symptoms have been detected so far. The Ind...
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SpaceX Starship Mars Mission Begins in 2026 with Uncrewed Flights, Elon Musk Reveals
SpaceX plans to begin Mars missions by 2026, starting with uncrewed flights to test landing reliability. According to Elon Musk, these tests are crucial for ensuring the spacecraft can land intact on Mars. If the landings are successful, SpaceX aims to send its first crewed missions to the red planet within the next four years. The goal is to event...
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Adjusts Crew Ahead of September Launch
NASA has updated the crew for its SpaceX Crew-9 mission, now set for launch no earlier than September 24, 2024. The revised team includes NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as commander and mission specialist, respectively. Initially, NASA astronauts Zena Ca...
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Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore: The Two Astronauts Stuck In Space
Two veteran NASA astronauts with a combined 500 days of previous spaceflight were the first crew launched into space on Boeing's Starliner space capsule, in a June 5 test flight from Florida. They had been scheduled to return in about eight days.
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NASA's Latest Update On Sunita Williams' Return From Space: When And Where To Watch
Boeing's first crewed Starliner test flight, carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, has been stuck in space for the past two months.
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ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S. Somanath has stated that the ongoing challenges faced by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck in space for over 60 days, will provide valuable lessons for India's Gaganyaan mission, as per a report. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have encountered difficulties with...
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First Test Flight Of India's Human Space Mission Rocket Likely In December
The first test flight of India's human rated rocket for its human space mission 'Gaganyaan' is expected to take place in December 2024, said a top official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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Sunita Williams May Have To Wait Months In Space. What NASA Is Planning Now
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced.
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Elon Musk's Starship Does A Splashdown In The Sea: What It Means
Elon Musk's SpaceX has achieved a remarkable feat with the successful splashdown of its Starship rocket system. This was the vehicle's fourth test flight and its first controlled return and soft ocean landing.
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Dramatic Footage Of SpaceX Rocket's Historic Splashdown In Gulf Of Mexico
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars.
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SpaceX Starship Successfully Completes Sixth Flight With a Banana Payload, Super Heavy Splashdown
SpaceX’s Starship completed its sixth flight on November 19, 2024, from Texas. The test flight carried a plush banana payload, marking the first-ever payload onboard. While the planned booster catch was cancelled due to a safety parameter, the booster executed a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The upper stage tested heat shield upgra...
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NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Completes Initial Engine Tests, First Flight Approaching
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet has passed initial engine testing, bringing it closer to its anticipated first flight. Developed at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, the X-59 aims to break the sound barrier without creating disruptive sonic booms, featuring a unique elongated nose and an external vision system. This research will gather public re...
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"Where Can I Buy Ticket?": Anand Mahindra Asks Elon Musk After Starship Rocket Scripts History
SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship mega-rocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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Watch: In A First, SpaceX 'Catches' Falling Rocket Booster On Launchpad
SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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SpaceX To Attempt First-Ever Booster Catch With 'Chopstick' Arms
SpaceX's next test flight of its Starship megarocket this Sunday could mark a world first: catching the returning first-stage booster using the launch tower's "chopstick" arms -- a crucial step in the company's quest for rapid reusability.
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India Reports First Case of Highly-Transmissible Mpox Clade 1b Variant in Kerala
India has reported its first mpox case with the highly transmissible clade 1b strain. A 38-year-old man from Kerala, recently returned from Dubai, has been infected with the new variant. Health authorities are tracing and monitoring 66 contacts, including 29 family members and 37 flight passengers, but no symptoms have been detected so far. The Ind...
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SpaceX Starship Mars Mission Begins in 2026 with Uncrewed Flights, Elon Musk Reveals
SpaceX plans to begin Mars missions by 2026, starting with uncrewed flights to test landing reliability. According to Elon Musk, these tests are crucial for ensuring the spacecraft can land intact on Mars. If the landings are successful, SpaceX aims to send its first crewed missions to the red planet within the next four years. The goal is to event...
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Adjusts Crew Ahead of September Launch
NASA has updated the crew for its SpaceX Crew-9 mission, now set for launch no earlier than September 24, 2024. The revised team includes NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as commander and mission specialist, respectively. Initially, NASA astronauts Zena Ca...
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Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore: The Two Astronauts Stuck In Space
Two veteran NASA astronauts with a combined 500 days of previous spaceflight were the first crew launched into space on Boeing's Starliner space capsule, in a June 5 test flight from Florida. They had been scheduled to return in about eight days.
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NASA's Latest Update On Sunita Williams' Return From Space: When And Where To Watch
Boeing's first crewed Starliner test flight, carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, has been stuck in space for the past two months.
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ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S. Somanath has stated that the ongoing challenges faced by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck in space for over 60 days, will provide valuable lessons for India's Gaganyaan mission, as per a report. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have encountered difficulties with...
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First Test Flight Of India's Human Space Mission Rocket Likely In December
The first test flight of India's human rated rocket for its human space mission 'Gaganyaan' is expected to take place in December 2024, said a top official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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Sunita Williams May Have To Wait Months In Space. What NASA Is Planning Now
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced.
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Elon Musk's Starship Does A Splashdown In The Sea: What It Means
Elon Musk's SpaceX has achieved a remarkable feat with the successful splashdown of its Starship rocket system. This was the vehicle's fourth test flight and its first controlled return and soft ocean landing.
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Dramatic Footage Of SpaceX Rocket's Historic Splashdown In Gulf Of Mexico
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars.
