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SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight with Starlink V3 Deployment

SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight with Starlink V3 Deployment

SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight with Starlink V3 Deployment
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SpaceX's Starship Achieves Softest Ocean Landing Yet, Advancing Reusable Spacecraft Development

SpaceX's Starship Achieves Softest Ocean Landing Yet, Advancing Reusable Spacecraft Development

SpaceX's Starship Achieves Softest Ocean Landing Yet, Advancing Reusable Spacecraft Development
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SpaceX Conducts Successful Starship Test Flight, Deploys Advanced Starlink Satellites

SpaceX Conducts Successful Starship Test Flight, Deploys Advanced Starlink Satellites

SpaceX Conducts Successful Starship Test Flight, Deploys Advanced Starlink Satellites
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SpaceX Completes 13th Starship Test Flight, Deploys Functioning Satellites

SpaceX Completes 13th Starship Test Flight, Deploys Functioning Satellites

SpaceX has successfully conducted its 13th Starship test flight, deploying functioning Starlink V3 satellites for the first time. The launch took place from SpaceX's facility in Texas, with the Starship upper stage performing a reentry and soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This mission marks a significant milestone as it tested fixes to previous issues and carried operational satellites instead of mass simulators. The test also included a relight of a Raptor engine and successful communication tests with the deployed satellites.
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SpaceX's Starship Completes Successful Ocean Landing After Delivering Starlink Satellites

SpaceX's Starship Completes Successful Ocean Landing After Delivering Starlink Satellites

SpaceX's Starship megarocket has successfully completed its 13th test flight, culminating in a controlled ocean landing. This mission involved the deployment of next-generation Starlink satellites, marking a significant step in SpaceX's efforts to develop a reusable transportation system for space operations. The Starship's soft ocean splashdown provided engineers with valuable data on the spacecraft's performance during reentry and landing. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed the vehicle's intact condition post-landing, highlighting the mission's success in gathering critical telemetry data. This test flight is part of SpaceX's broader goal to support large-scale space operations, including future crewed missions and lunar exploration under NASA's Artemis program.
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NASA's Artemis III Mission to Test Dual Docking in Earth Orbit, Delays Moon Landing

NASA's Artemis III Mission to Test Dual Docking in Earth Orbit, Delays Moon Landing

NASA's Artemis III mission, initially planned as the first crewed lunar landing under the Artemis program, has been restructured to focus on a complex dual docking operation in low Earth orbit. Scheduled for late 2027, the mission will involve four astronauts aboard an Orion capsule docking with test versions of SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers. This decision follows a February 2026 program announcement that shifted the mission's focus from a lunar landing to a systems integration flight. The change aims to mitigate risks associated with unproven docking procedures in lunar orbit. The first crewed Moon landing is now deferred to Artemis IV, targeted for no earlier than 2028. The mission will test the interoperability of different spacecraft systems and software control regimes, a technically unprecedented challenge in crewed spaceflight.
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SpaceX's Starship is ready to launch in Texas. Will weather cooperate?

SpaceX's Starship is ready to launch in Texas. Will weather cooperate?

A week after engine issues prompted a last-second abort, bad weather in Texas is now Starship's biggest obstacle in getting off the ground.
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Celebrating 50 Years of NASA's Viking Mars Landings

Celebrating 50 Years of NASA's Viking Mars Landings

This week marks the 50th anniversary of NASA's Viking landings on Mars, with Viking 1 having touched down on the Martian surface on July 20, 1976. To commemorate this milestone, a special live taping of the podcast 'This Week In Space' will be held, featuring discussions on the scientific and personal impacts of the Viking missions. The podcast will include insights from Dr. Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist, and Dr. Penny Boston, an astrobiologist, as they explore the legacy of the Viking landings and the future of Mars exploration.
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After bad weather delay, here's when SpaceX could launch Starship now

After bad weather delay, here's when SpaceX could launch Starship now

Bad weather foiled SpaceX's latest attempt to launch its Starship rocket from Starbase, Texas on a mission it calls flight 13. Will it launch today?
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Will Starship launch today? What to know after 2nd SpaceX scrub

Will Starship launch today? What to know after 2nd SpaceX scrub

Bad weather foiled SpaceX's latest attempt to launch its Starship rocket from South Texas on a mission it calls flight 13. Will it launch today?
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Could Tropical Storm Bertha complicate SpaceX's next Starship launch?

Could Tropical Storm Bertha complicate SpaceX's next Starship launch?

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for its next Starship rocket launch - as long as Tropical Storm Bertha doesn't interfere. What you need to know.
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SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 13, Deploys First Starlink V3 Satellites

SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 13, Deploys First Starlink V3 Satellites

SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 13, Deploys First Starlink V3 Satellites