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Blue Origin Rebounds With New Shepard’s Successful Launch After Previous Mission Failure
The NS-24 mission carried 33 payloads to suborbital heights during an uncrewed flight on Monday.
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What to Expect During SpaceX’s Second Starship Test Flight
Later this week, SpaceX is poised for a highly anticipated, and undoubtedly exciting, second test flight of its Starship megarocket—provided it receives the final regulatory approvals. Here’s what you need to know about this critically important test. The Elon Musk-led company is targeting Friday, November 17 for the second test flight of its Starship megarocket—pending…
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Musk’s Megarocket Requires ‘Well Over a Thousand’ Tweaks Ahead of Second Launch
The largest rocket to ever take flight requires a substantial number of upgrades ahead of its second test flight, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed this past weekend. Musk made the comments on June 24 during a live Twitter discussion with Bloomberg journalist Ashlee Vance, saying “well over a thousand” changes are needed ahead of Starship’s…
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Jeff Bezos Dick Rocket Goes on Sale for $100 in Scale Model Form
Model rocket maker Estes is releasing a 1/66th scale model of the Blue Origin rocket New Shepard, meaning that anyone will be able to launch their own version of the spacecraft 120 metres into the air. But if you’re wondering, yes, the Estes version looks exactly like the real version. Which is to say that…