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April 28, 2023
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Fish and Wildlife: SpaceX Starship debris covered 350 acres, no wildlife killed



Washington DC (UPI) Apr 27, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service documented the fallout from the SpaceX rocket that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last week, scattering debris into the surrounding area. The service said "no dead birds or wildlife" or debris from the spacecraft launch were found on lands belonging to the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, stating the greatest impact came in the form of damage from the rocket's booster to SpaceX's nearby launchpad. "Impacts from the launch include numero ... read more

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Heavy thunderstorms force SpaceX to delay launch of Falcon Heavy rocket
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 27, 2023
Severe weather in Florida forced SpaceX to postpone the launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket on Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ... more
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China to develop satellite constellation for deep space exploration
Hefei, China (XNA) Apr 27, 2023
China will develop a satellite constellation named Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, to provide communications, navigation and remote-sensing services for deep space exploration, according to a senior Chin ... more
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Space exploration for betterment of humankind
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
Monday marked China's eighth Space Day, a day to celebrate the country's achievements in space exploration and research, and ponder how to carry forward the spirit of space exploration for the benef ... more
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China to promote space science progress on five themes
Hefei, China (XNA) Apr 27, 2023
China is planning to promote its space science development on five major themes, including research on habitable planets, and biological and physical sciences in space, a senior Chinese space expert ... more
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SpaceX aborts Starlink launch at last second, delays Falcon Heavy mission
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 26, 2023
The SpaceX Starlink mission to send 46 Internet communications satellites into low Earth orbit was delayed again on Wednesday and will try again on Thursday. ... more
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SpaceX delays launch of 46 Starlink satellites
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2023
SpaceX on Tuesday delayed its latest effort to populate the low Earth orbit with Internet communication satellites. ... more
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Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide propulsion for three additional Orion spacecraft
Redmond WA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-V3. Th ... more
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SpaceX's Starship launch: successful failure of most powerful rocket in history
Maxwell AFB AL (SPX) Apr 26, 2023
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 r ... more
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Rocket ignition test facility opens in Shaanxi
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
China has big plans to advance its space exploration and development, but whether those plans can become a reality depends on the capability of the country's carrier rockets, or more specifically, r ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's space missions break new ground
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
Chinese scientists have made major advances in the research of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, the moon, thanks to samples and data gathered by China's lunar probes. In the latest developm ... more
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Norway irked over Swedish rocket crash on its turf
Oslo (AFP) April 25, 2023
The Norwegian foreign ministry expressed irritation Tuesday with Sweden for not immediately informing it of a research rocket that crashed in Norway, in a rare spat between the two neighbours. ... more
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Hypersonix to partner with Rocket Lab for hypersonic tests
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2023
Hypersonix USA, Inc is partnering with established launch provider Rocket Lab USA, Inc for the first launch of DART AE. Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) hypersonic and high-cadence testing ca ... more

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China's space missions break new ground
Beijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2023
Lunar samples, mineral discovery and experience for future missions among gains Chinese scientists have made major advances in the research of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, the moon, thanks to ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Open cooperation, China Aerospace goes to the world
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 24, 2023
On November 21, 2022, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter to the United Nations/China Space Exploration and Innovation Global Partnership Symposium that there is no end to ... more
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A staunch supporter of China's space undertakings
Beijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2023
President Xi Jinping has been a staunch supporter of China's space undertakings. He has paid visits to several space launch sites and he frequently mentioned the country's space achievements in his ... more
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Potential Failure Modes of SpaceX's Starship
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2023
On April 20, 2023, a little after 9:30 A.M. eastern time SpaceX's new Starship system lifted off from the company's southeast Texas spaceport. This was an historic event because the Starship is the ... more
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Starship moves fast and breaks things
Starbase TX (AFP) Apr 23 2023
Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship - the biggest and most powerful rocket ever buil ... more
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SpaceX searches for answers after Starship's fiery demise
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Starship hours after a test launch from Texas ended with the destruction of the spacecraft and its booster. While the spacecraft clear ... more
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Rockets soar during NASA student launch competition
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
More than 40 high-powered, amateur rockets successfully launched April 15, in North Alabama, each carrying a scientific payload nearly one-mile-high above ground level, as part of a NASA student com ... more
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SpaceX rocket explosion rained brown debris on nearby parks, town
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2023
Even as SpaceX said its Starship "flight termination system" worked as designed, Thursday's spectacular launch failure in Texas also revealed another potential issue with the program locally: explosive debris. ... more

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