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SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (images)

SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (images)

Science and Nature
The upper phase of SpaceX's Starship megarocket presents to the launch pad at the business's Starbase website on Jan. 9, 2025 ahead of a prepared Jan. 13 test flight. (Image credit: Elon Musk by means of X) SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is simply a couple of days away.The business rolled Starship's 165-foot-tall (50-meter-tall) upper phase-- referred to as Starship, or merely "Ship"-- out to the launch pad at its Starbase website in South Texas today (Jan. 9).SpaceX creator and CEO Elon Musk revealed the turning point in a post on X. That upgrade highlighted 4 images of the relocation, which happened throughout predawn hours.Another shot of the 165-foot-tall (50 m) spacecraft on the relocation. (Image credit: Elon Musk by means of X)...
SpaceX to release 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for United States federal government tonight

SpaceX to release 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for United States federal government tonight

Science and Nature
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket introduces the NROL-167 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX released another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's main coast tonight (Jan. 9).A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. regional California time; 0353 GMT on Jan. 10) on the NROL-153 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).NROL-153 was the seventh launch servicing the NRO's "multiplied architecture," which the company has actually referred to as including "many, smaller sized satellites developed for ability and strength."We do not understand much beyond that, as the NRO tends to be tight-lipped abou...
Blue Origin is anticipated to release its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, however when?

Blue Origin is anticipated to release its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, however when?

Science and Nature
Blue Origin's very first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket stands atop its Launch Complex 36 pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of its very first test flight. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the personal spaceflight business established by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the cusp of releasing into the huge booster market with the launching of its New Glenn rocket next week, however precisely when the test flight will take off is uncertain.After years of advancement-- Jeff Bezos initially revealed the brand-new rocket in 2016-- Blue Origin is anticipated to release its very first New Glenn booster as early as Monday, Jan. 6, from a pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. That's based upon an FAA alert to pilots that specifies the opening of ...