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SpaceX launches Starship rocket, fails to recover booster

SpaceX had planned to catch and reuse both stages of its biggest rocket for the first time. But the booster exploded over the Gulf of Mexico, while th...

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b with KOEN, Kinosputnik spacecraft from Vostochny Spaceport

Roscosmos emphasized that the launch of a carrier rocket from the Vostochny Spaceport was the first launch of private satellites subsidized as part of...

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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Democrats Ask Musk to Preserve Documents on Starlink in Ukraine

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have asked SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk to “preserve all documents, communications and...

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch on Saturday

One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocket

The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to ​catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starba...

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX Starship to attempt first-ever spaceship ‘catch’

Nov 14, 2026 · Staff
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Starship IFT-15 is in Orbit — Will it be “Caught” When It Returns to Earth?

SpaceX launched the 15th Starship Integrated Flight Test (IFT-15) early this evening from Starbase, Texas. Plans to bring the first stage Booster back...

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX aborts attempt to catch Starship booster rocket

Elon Musk suffers setback in efforts to develop a completely reusable megarocket system

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX Starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse

Flight 15 expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over 22 hours, before company catches it at Starbase, TexasSpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off f...

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX’s bid for Starship double catch thwarted, as booster ends up in ocean

SpaceX launched Starship towards orbit on Friday in its boldest test yet: a 22-hour flight that aimed to capture the entire rocket in a move meant to ...

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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SpaceX launches Starship on ambitious 22-hour Flight 15 test, but aborts booster 'chopsticks' catch (video)

SpaceX's Starship megarocket reached orbit today (Nov. 13) during its 15th test flight, but the company scrapped a plan to catch the vehicle's massive...

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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Senate appropriators resuscitate Commerce space tracking program

The Commerce Department effort was launched nearly a decade ago due to Defense Department concerns about the increasing drain on its space monitoring ...

Nov 13, 2026 · Staff
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