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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday evening (Oct. 23).
SpaceX rolls out Super Heavy rocket for Starship Flight 6 test launch (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
SpaceX is getting ready for the next launch of Starship and its rocket, Super Heavy. The rocket is now poised at Starbase in south Texas for preflight testing.
SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts undock from ISS after weather delays (photo)
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
SpaceX's Crew-8 astronaut mission for NASA undocked from the International Space Station today (Oct. 23) after several weather delays.
'Futurama' creator Matt Groening says 'great episodes in the works' for upcoming Season 13
By Jeff Spry published
Matt Groening, John DiMaggio. and Billy West led a spirited 'Futurama' celebration at New York City Comic Con this year to celebrate the upcoming 13th season of Futurama.
Headless 'Halloween comet' could already be doomed
By Joe Rao published
While some are hoping for a bright "Halloween comet," astronomers say the speeding cosmic snowball has likely already broken apart.
Mini '2001' monoliths fly into space on first flight of Blue Origin's 2nd crew ship
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A number of black slabs modeled after the monoliths in "2001: A Space Odyssey" have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin's second human-rated launch vehicle.
Spooky fireball blazes across Lake Erie a week before Halloween (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A fireball lit up the skies over Lake Erie on Monday (Oct. 21) evening, eliciting hundreds of witness reports to the American Meteor Society.
Boeing-built communications satellite breaks up in orbit. 'Total loss,' operator says
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Intelsat-33e satellite is in pieces following some kind of problem in geostationary orbit, according to the company and US Space Force. An investigation is ongoing.
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