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SpaceX had its most successful Starship flight yet last week, achieving a list of objectives including controlled landings for both the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft in the ocean in different parts of the world.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — What goes up, must come down. While the flashiest part of space exploration is the launch, the landing is just as important to completing the mission, and they may one day be completed at Cecil Spaceport. The Jacksonville Aviation ...
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The first spacecraft to survive a moon landing vanished in 1966 and AI may have finally found it
In February 1966, a metallic sphere the size of a beach ball bounced across the Moon’s Ocean of Storms, rolled to a stop, and bloomed like a flower. Four petal-like covers peeled back to reveal a camera, which promptly began scanning the desolate ...
China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. Beijing is accelerating its space programs ...
Contrary to appearances, the vehicle that looked like a little space shuttle was not broken down when it was being hauled down the runway at Kennedy Space Center. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spacecraft Tenacity was undergoing tests when it was hooked up ...
An American spacecraft has landed on the Moon for the first time in decades, and surprisingly, it wasn't from NASA. On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed in the Mare Crisium region of the Moon, following a 45-day ...
The Super Heavy booster's Raptor engines powering the Starship's sixth launch on November 19, 2024. SpaceX SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket has flown 10 times since its first launch in 2023, and the results have been mixed. While there have indeed been a ...
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said. By Becky Ferreira Becky Ferreira has reported on other moments in space history ...