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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024 (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), sending yet another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward.
China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
Trio of astronauts will be the seventh to visit Tiangong.
Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)
By Brett Tingley published
Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (April 17), and landed its rocket on a ship at sea.
Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th reflight of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage lifted off for a record-setting 20th time on Friday (April 12), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
SpaceX launches advanced weather satellite for US Space Force (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched a mission for the U.S. Space Force April 11, sending aloft an advanced environment-monitoring satellite.
We finally know why NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped communicating — scientists are working on a fix
By Robert Lea published
In November 2023, the first spacecraft to journey to interstellar space, Voyager 1, started spouting gibberish. Now, NASA knows why. The team is working on a fix.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in nighttime liftoff (photos, video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early Wednesday morning (April 10).
'Heavy' history: ULA launches final Delta rocket after 64 years (video, photos)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The liftoff of the last-ever Delta rocket today (April 9) brought with it a change in the way the U.S. sends satellites, interplanetary probes and spacecraft into Earth orbit.
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