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SpaceX achieves a massive milestone today with Starship's Flight 14 finally reaching orbit and deploying the next-gen Starlink.
If the unpiloted test flight goes well, NASA and Boeing hope to launch a piloted Starliner flight in mid 2028, officials said Monday, incorporating redesigned propulsion system valves, more robust subsystems and other modifications expected to prevent the sort of failures that occurred in 2024.

Dow Jones Futures: Trump rejected Iran's proposal, sending the stock market lower. Elon Musk-led SpaceX and Tesla fell sharply.

Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.

SpaceX finally achieved orbital Starship flight, marking a milestone despite challenges, with 26 satellites deployed and plans for refuelling in orbit.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever made, has launched from Starbase, Texas. Follow for live updates.

Though not without some drama along the way.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is poised to launch a historic test flight of its massive Starship rocket early Monday.
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Starship reached orbit despite losing an engine, deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites on Flight 14. The post SpaceX turned a heralding moment for Starship into its greatest moment appeared first on TESLARATI .
SFL Missions Inc. has been awarded a contract by GHGSat of Montreal to develop the GHGSat-D2 demonstration satellite with enhanced greenhouse gas monitoring capabilities. SFL Missions is designing GHGSat-D2 to support more accurate and frequent measurements of emissions from sources on the Earth’s surface.

A breakthrough flight brings SpaceX’s next financial test into focus.

New research supports the idea that the moon once had its own internal magnetic field just as Earth does today.
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SpaceX's Starship has reached orbit for the first time from Texas, even though one engine shut down early, in its most ambitious mission yet.

NASA and Boeing to provide new details on the continued development of the Starliner spacecraft and its role in future astronaut missions.

Investors remain wary. The post SpaceX’s Starship Just Reached Orbit, in What Should Be a Major Success for the Company. But Its Stock Price Did the Last Thing You’d Expect appeared first on Futurism .
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