Amy Thompson is a Florida-based space and science journalist, who joined Space.com as a contributing writer in 2015. She's passionate about all things space and is a huge science and science-fiction geek. Star Wars is her favorite fandom, with that sassy little droid, R2D2 being her favorite. She studied science at the University of Florida, earning a degree in microbiology. Her work has also been published in Newsweek, VICE, Smithsonian, and many more. Now she chases rockets, writing about launches, commercial space, space station science, and everything in between.
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SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit and nailed the landing of a veteran Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (April 7).

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SpaceX will launch a new fleet of Starlink satellites (April 7) and you can watch the liftoff live online.

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SpaceX launched its newest Starship rocket prototype today (March 30), but something went wrong as the vehicle headed down to land.

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SpaceX's most-flown rocket, a Falcon 9 booster that has flown a historic nine times has returned home to Florida's Port Canaveral.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Wednesday (March 24) and nailed a landing at sea.

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SpaceX will launch its next fleet of Starlink satellites into orbit for the company's broadband megaconstellation on Wednesday (March 24).
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NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket to launch an Artemis mission to the moon fired up its core booster in a critical engine test Thursday (March 18).

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SpaceX has traced last month's loss of a flight-proven booster to an in-flight engine shutdown, according to a top company official.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (March 14) and nailed its landing at sea to top off a record-setting mission.

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SpaceX is gearing up to launch a third batch of Starlink satellites in as many weeks on Sunday (March 14) and you can watch the action live online.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites to orbit early this morning (March 11) and nailed its landing on a floating platform at sea.

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SpaceX is gearing up to launch its second Starlink mission of the month Thursday (March 11) and you can watch it live.

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SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites on Tuesday (March 2) and you can watch it live online.

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NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 20) and you can watch the action live online.

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NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 20) and you can watch the action live online.

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NASA and Northrop Grumman are set to launch a Cygnus cargo capsule chock-full of research and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, Feb. 20.

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Krispy Kreme’s Mars Doughnut, available on Thursday (Feb. 18) only, is filled with chocolate creme and dipped in caramel icing that's been dyed to look like the Red Planet.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites late Monday (Feb. 15), but failed to stick its landing at sea.

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A new Russian Progress cargo ship launched into orbit Sunday night (Feb. 14) to deliver cargo to the seven crew members on the International Space Station.

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SpaceX and Russia's space agency Roscosmos are working towards a Valentine's Day launch doubleheader tonight (Feb. 14).

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NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon.

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A commercial directed by Bryce Dallas Howard for billionaire Jared Isaacman's Inspiration4 spaceflight on a SpaceX spacecraft will launch during Super Bowl LV.
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