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Tag: Spacecraft

Amazon Hires Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Three Rocket Launches
1Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Amazon Hires Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Three Rocket Launches

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have both spent decades building space companies. Now, Bezos’ Amazon.com is turning to Musk’s SpaceX for a ride to orbit.Amazon, which Bezos founded and where he still serves as executive chairman, said Friday that it hired Musk’s SpaceX to conduct three rocket launches for the Seattle company’s planned satellite-internet division. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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SpaceX Blasts Off Massive Rocket Again, Following Explosive First Flight
18Nov By adminNo Comments
World

SpaceX Blasts Off Massive Rocket Again, Following Explosive First Flight

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Starship rocket early Saturday, aiming for a longer test flight after the company’s previous attempt ended in an explosion. The towering rocket took off from the company’s spaceport east of Brownsville, Texas, on what is intended to be a roughly 90-minute operation. Shortly after the launch, the Starship spacecraft separated from a huge booster and began to ascend on its own, according to a company livestream. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Key European Satellites
23Oct By adminNo Comments
World

SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Key European Satellites

PARIS—SpaceX has signed a deal to launch up to four of Europe’s flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, reinforcing the Elon Musk-led company’s growing foothold in the region as local rivals struggle to get rockets off the ground. SpaceX and the European Space Agency recently signed an agreement for two launches next year, each carrying two Galileo satellites, said Javier Benedicto, the agency’s director of navigation. The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, along with EU member states, must still give final approval for the deal. That is likely to happen before the end of the year, officials said.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Huge rocket motors arrive at Los Angeles museum for space shuttle Endeavour display
11Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Huge rocket motors arrive at Los Angeles museum for space shuttle Endeavour display

Two giant rocket motors required to display the retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour as if it’s about to blast off have arrived at a Los Angeles museum, completing their long journey from the Mojave DesertByThe Associated PressOctober 11, 2023, 1:40 PMTraffic enforcement officers clear the way as trucks haul two rocket motors slowly down Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023. The giant rocket motors, required to display the retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour as if it’s about to blast off, were trucked over two days from Mojave Air and Space Port to LA’s Exposition Park. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)The Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Two giant rocket motors required to display the retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour as if it's about to blast off arrived Wednesday at a Los A...
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