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In what Elon Musk is calling their “most difficult” mission so far, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket for the third time. The launch took place at 2:30 am ET Tuesday from a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission was called STP-2, and Universe Today sent a photographer to capture all…

Enlarge / The Falcon Heavy rocket as seen at an altitude of about 160 meters on Tuesday, climbing above the fog but disappearing into haze. Trevor Mahlmann A dense fog shrouded much of Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday morning, largely obscuring the liftoff of the most powerful operational rocket in the world. But takeoff the…

Starlink is SpaceX's broadband service that beams internet connectivity from satellites in orbit. It has more than 400,000 users worldwide and is designed to get remote areas online. Here's everything you need to know about Elon Musk's Starlink. Loading Something is loading. Elon Musk has created a super-fast, global internet service that uses satellites orbiting…

You can consider this the start of NASA's Falcon Heavy era. The launch of the Psyche asteroid mission this week is the opening act among five launches the space agency has directly reserved on SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket over the next few years. These Falcon Heavy flights will cut across NASA's portfolio of robotic space missions,…

Enlarge / A Falcon Heavy rocket launched about 10 minutes after sunset on Sunday from Florida.Trevor Mahlmann The Falcon Heavy rocket made its fifth launch in five years on Sunday evening from Florida. However, this was the first launch of the triple-core booster in twilight, and this rare evening light provided some spectacular new insights…

The Planetary Society is going to launch their LightSail 2 CubeSat next month. LightSail 2 is a test mission designed to study the feasibility of using sunlight for propulsion. The small satellite will use the pressure of sunlight on its solar sails to propel its way to a higher orbit. The launch is scheduled for…

Enlarge / Firefly Aerospace's fourth Alpha rocket lifted off December 22 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Welcome to Edition 6.25 of the Rocket Report! We hope all our readers had a peaceful holiday break. While many of us were enjoying time off work, launch companies like SpaceX kept up the pace until the final…

Enlarge / NASA's Psyche spacecraft is cocooned inside the payload shroud on top of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.Trevor Mahlmann/Ars Technica A roughly 3-ton spacecraft is ready for launch Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin a six-year trip to an enigma in the asteroid belt, an unusual metallic world the size of…

Enlarge / A Falcon Heavy rocket rolls to the launch pad on Saturday January 14 2023.Trevor Mahlmann 4pm ET Sunday Update: SpaceX delayed the launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket one day until Sunday evening, at 5:56pm ET (22:56 UTC), after preparations for an attempt Saturday fell behind schedule. But now the rocket and local…

Two Falcon rockets returning to the roost on Tuesday morning after launching a military mission into space. Trevor Mahlmann A close-up on the nearest booster burning a single Merlin engine to slow down. Trevor Mahlmann Two Falcons almost down on the ground. Trevor Mahlmann Kicking up some dust. Trevor Mahlmann On Tuesday morning, a Falcon…