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Archive for April, 2024

SpaceX Starship will be 500 feet tall to prepare for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)

April 13th, 2024 by

Just weeks after Starship first reached orbital speed during a spaceflight in March, SpaceX founder Elon Musk outlined what the company wants to do with future spacecraft for Mars missions.

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ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

April 13th, 2024 by

Vulcan, United Launch Alliance’s new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of being exposed to gamma rays or the bite of a radioactive spider, but it does have an origin story worthy of a comic book.

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Watch an exclusive clip from the CNN’ ‘Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight’ finale (video)

April 13th, 2024 by

CNN’s space documentary, “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” reaches its finale on April 14. You can watch an exclusive clip now.

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HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space ‘glamping’

April 13th, 2024 by

Spanish start-up HALO Space has unveiled its capsule design for stratospheric space tourism.

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‘Fly Me to the Moon’ trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax

April 13th, 2024 by

Watching the new trailer for the upcoming movie “Fly Me to the Moon” might leave you thinking that it is an entire work of fiction. And for the most part, you would be correct.

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‘Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight’ documentary set to conclude on CNN

April 12th, 2024 by

CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on space shuttle Columbia’s ill-fated last return to Earth. “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” airs on Sunday (April 14).

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One of the universe’s most ‘extreme’ dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly

April 12th, 2024 by

The closest extreme magnetic dead star or magnetar to Earth suddenly burst back to life to give astronomers a sight of unexpected and unexplained phenomena that are unlike anything seen before.

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SpaceX to launch a Falcon 9 rocket first stage for a record 20th time tonight

April 12th, 2024 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is set to lift off for a record-setting 20th time on Friday (April 12), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

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