rockets
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Strong Texas Winds Hit Elon Musk’s Starship Prototype And Down It Goes
Elon Musk’s prototype of the Starship spacecraft—the payload of a system formerly known as the Big “Falcon” Rocket, and the vessel that may one day shuttle SpaceX colonists to their likely deaths on Mars — fell over in strong winds at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas on Tuesday.
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ISS Footage Of Soyuz Rocket Launch Puts Hollywood Directors To Shame
In a video that looks like something a special effects shop would produce, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has captured one of the most remarkable views of a rocket launch we’ve ever seen.
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After Soyuz Failure, Space Is Now Weirdly Inaccessible To Astronauts
All crewed launches have been suspended by Russia’s space agency following Thursday’s Soyuz rocket failure. That’s a problem, because much of the world relies on Russian rockets to get both cargo and people into space. Consequently, we’re now facing the very real possibility of having an uncrewed International Space Station — something that hasn’t happened…
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Rivals SpaceX And Arianespace Both Launched Rockets Within 15 Minutes
Last night was a rocket launch double header, with multinational company Arianespace planning to launch an Ariane 5 rocket carrying four Galileo GPS satellites for European customers at 9:25PM AEDT and a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch carrying 10 Iridium satellites 15 minutes later at 7:39PM AEDT.