SpaceX Starship Flight 10 launch
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The SpaceX spacecraft company successfully launched two dozen satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday on its latest Falcon 9 mission of the year.
But in the early hours of Sunday, SpaceX is also preparing to launch its 33rd commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) using its trusty Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The Dragon will be filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies for the crew aboard the ISS, which orbits around 250 miles above Earth.
NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon on their nearly five-month SpaceX mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew — which included NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers,
Starbase, which Texas voters in Cameron County approved in May to become its own town, attracted some controversy in June when commissioners with the city of Starbase voted unanimously to close several of the city’s public streets to outsiders, angering longtime residents and property owners.
The crew returned to Earth on August 9th after spending nearly five months aboard the orbiting laboratory.
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday agreed with Elon Musk's SpaceX and two other companies that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board's structure is likely unlawful and blocked the agency from pursuing cases against them.
SpaceX has warned it will ask the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to reject Louisiana’s plan unless it shifts more money toward satellite service. That sets up a showdown between state governments betting on fiber and federal agencies under pressure to consider cheaper, faster-to-deploy technologies.
Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX partners with astronomers to protect radio astronomy from satellite interference
An automated system co-developed by SpaceX prevents disruption to radio astronomical observations caused by megaconstellations in low Earth orbit.
Now, at only 16, teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is entering into the world of Wall Street as a quantitative developer at Citadel Securities in New York City.
SpaceX is again battling states over internet funding, as the company pushes a satellite-first agenda amid a growing need for direct internet connections.