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SpaceX restacked its nearly 400-foot-tall Starship rocket on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in anticipation of launching it on the fourth test flight of the program the following day. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. For a fourth time in a little more …

Space.com

The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the fourth time ever today (June 6) at 8:50 a.m. EDT …

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A glowing yellow orb in the center of the screen surrounded a disk of gassy material. Planets develop out of leftover disks of material, called protoplanetary disks, which surround and revolve around …

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Two spacecraft are seen in this simulation near the moon, connected to one another. A simulated image of what the Chang’e 6 orbiter and ascender looked like as the transfer …

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Boeing’s Starliner capsule will reach the International Space Station today (June 6) on its first-ever crewed mission, and you can watch the action live. Starliner is expected to dock with the orbiting lab today around 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT) on its …

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SpaceX plans to launch its giant Starship rocket this morning (June 6), and you can watch the action live. Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, is scheduled to launch from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas today, …

The New York Times

SpaceX’s launch of its mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday accomplished a set of ambitious goals that Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, had set out before the test flight, the fourth. Lifting off from SpaceX’s launchpad at 7:50 a.m. in South …

Reuters

June 6 (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship rocket survived a fiery, hypersonic return from space and achieved a breakthrough landing demonstration in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, completing a full test mission around the globe on the rocket’s fourth try.

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The strikingly diverse surface of Mars is captured in new orbiter flyover footage, providing insight on the events of the Red Planet’s ancient past. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express orbiter surveyed …

CNN

Boeing’s Starliner capsule lifts off Wednesday atop an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a mission to the International Space Station. John Raoux/AP.