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NASA chief hails SpaceX's 1st Starship launch despite explosion

NASA leaders congratulated SpaceX on the launch of the massive Starship vehicle that will play a key part in the agency's upcoming Artemis moon missions.

Space

Why SpaceX staff cheered when the Starship rocket exploded

Experts say Thursday's flight wasn't supposed to have gone off without a hitch, and still offers SpaceX valuable data. A space industry analyst explains why it was so significant.

WEKU

Spaceport slated for Cape York attracts global interest

The Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland could be home to Australia's next major spaceport with plans for large-scale launches before 2030.

AAP

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Queensland teen bound for US space camp amid push for Weipa rocket launch

Toby Fealy has been selected to attend a two-week space camp in the US. There aren't many options for him to pursue his dream at home in Far North Queensland, but that might be about to change.

ABC News

Watch Cygnus cargo spacecraft leave the space station Friday morning

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on Friday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert

NASA's dead, 660-pound (300 kilograms) RHESSI spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night (April 19) near the Sudan-Egypt border.

Space

Watching SpaceX's Starship launch as the world's largest rocket felt simply unreal (video)

Here's what it was like to see (and hear) SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, lift off for the first time.

Space

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SpaceX veterans create startup to power spacecraft with moon water

Argo Space received $2 million of funding recently to create water-powered spacecraft. The company aims to start in Earth orbit and then mine the moon for more water.

Space

SpaceX launches most powerful rocket in history in explosive debut – like many first liftoffs, Starship's test was a successful failure

On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its first flight ever. SpaceX is calling the test launch a success, despite the fiery end result. As a space policy expert, I agree that the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – the…

The Conversation

Decades-old NASA satellite CRASHES down to Earth and lands in Sahara Desert

The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, known as Rhessi for short, is set to plummet back to the planet’s surface after 21 years in space

Daily Mirror

Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert

An old NASA satellite that studied the sun has plunged back to Earth

The Independent UK

SpaceX Starship explodes during first test flight of rocket due to fly astronauts to Moon

The US space agency, NASA, chose the Starship spacecraft to bring astronauts to the Moon in 2025 on a mission known as Artemis III

Irish Mirror

See Venus and the moon dance with the 'Seven Sisters' during the Lyrid meteor shower Saturday

The crescent moon, Venus and the Pleiades will reach conjunction during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower this Saturday. Here's how to watch the stunning show.

LiveScience

Massive Starship rocket explodes after launch; SpaceX calls it a ‘win’

On its first test flight Thursday morning, SpaceX's massive, uncrewed Starship rocket roared off the launch pad, soared into the south Texas sky for a few minutes, but ultimately exploded into a trail of smoke.

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Chicago Sun-Times

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

The flight plan had called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.

Space

SpaceX's 1st Starship launches on epic test flight, explodes in 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

SpaceX launched its gigantic Starship rocket toward space for the first time ever today (April 20), a milestone that could presage humanity's expansion out into the solar system.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blows up minutes after launch

Largest and most powerful rocket ever built blasts off on test flight that is hoped to be step on human journey to Mars

Space

Solar activity may peak 1 year earlier than thought. Here is what it means for us

The sun may reach the peak of its current solar cycle in 2024, one year ahead of official predictions, new research reveals. But solar mayhem may still occur in the next five years.

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Al Jazeera

SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes after launch

The Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to send astronauts to the moon, Mars or beyond.

Bangkok Post

SpaceX Starship explodes during flight test

BOCA CHICA, Texas: SpaceX on Thursday launched its next-generation Starship cruise vehicle atop the most powerful rocket ever built, in a highly anticipated, uncrewed test flight.

Axios

SpaceX's Starship soars, then explodes in major test flight

SpaceX hopes Starship will one day fly people and cargo to deep space destinations like the Moon and even Mars.

LiveScience

SpaceX launch of Starship a success, despite explosion minutes after takeoff

SpaceX's Starship launched on the first of many test flights it will undergo before it is ready to ferry astronauts to the moon.

France 24

SpaceX’s Starship, world’s biggest rocket, explodes during test flight

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

LiveScience

NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims

A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

Inverse

Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth

The 30-year-old founder of MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.

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