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1w ago
Spacecraft’s cruise vessel flew around globe for first time, but lost contact in final stages before planned splashdown
SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, was destroyed during its return to Earth after nearly completing its third test flight.
The 120-metre system, which weighs about 5,000 tonnes when fully fuelled, took off from SpaceX’s spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX aims to use the spacecraft to one day carry astronauts to the moon and Mars ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
1w ago
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. It took off from SpaceX's spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas, entering space several minutes later. After 50 minutes, it lost contact with the spacecraft and the live feed cut to the control room. SpaceX were never intending to recover the parts after take-off. Two previous attempts ended in the explosion of the spacecraft's engine booster and the cruise vessel, which is designe ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
2w ago
Trader Joe’s and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board
Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking to cripple the country’s top labor watchdog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), by having it declared unconstitutional. Some labor experts warn that if those efforts succeed, US labor relations might return to “the law of the jungle”.
In recent weeks, Elon Musk’s SpaceX as well as Amazon, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have filed legal papers that advance novel arguments aimed at ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
2w ago
House Democrats write to company about Russia’s alleged use of satellite internet service in war against Ukraine
US House Democrats are investigating SpaceX over whether Russia has accessed the company’s Starlink satellite internet service as part of its ongoing war against Ukraine, according to a letter sent to the company on Wednesday.
The letter, authored by the Democratic representatives Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Robert Garcia of California, comes after Ukrainian officials claimed in February to have found evidence Russian use of Starlink terminals for satellite internet, calling it a ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
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Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus lander successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center, due to land on moon in a week
Another private US company took a shot at the moon on Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back.
Nasa, the main sponsor with experiments on board, is hoping for a successful moon landing next week as it seeks to jumpstart the lunar economy ahead of crewed missions ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
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Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander sets off on SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral on weeklong journey
A solar-powered lunar lander designed by a former Nasa engineer who became frustrated by the space agency’s bureaucracy lifted off from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to become the first private spacecraft to achieve a controlled moon landing.
Odysseus, the working name for the uncrewed Nova-C lander built by the Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines, lit up the skies above Cape Canaveral shortly after 1am on a Falcon 9 rocket from Elon Musk’s SpaceX company ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
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Decision to move rocket company comes after Musk said he would hold shareholder vote to move Tesla to Texas as well
Rocket company SpaceX has moved its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware, CEO Elon Musk has announced.
“SpaceX has moved its state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas! If your company is still incorporated in Delaware, I recommend moving to another state as soon as possible,” Musk said on the platform ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
2M ago
The delay to Nasa’s 10-year lunar programme gives us time to beef up the treaties governing the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources
It has been a grim time for lunar exploration. Scientists and space engineers had earmarked 2024 as the year that humanity would begin its return to the moon in earnest. An ambitious programme – largely funded through Nasa’s $2.6bn commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) initiative – was drawn up. Its forerunner projects included the launch of the robot lander, Peregrine, last week – to be followed by a crewed mission, Artemis II, that would put four peopl ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
2M ago
Artemis III mission to land four astronauts near lunar south pole will be delayed until 2026
Nasa has postponed its plans to send humans to the moon after delays hit its hugely ambitious Artemis programme, which aims to get spaceboots bouncing again on the lunar surface for the first time in half a century.
The US space agency has announced the Artemis III mission to land four astronauts near the lunar south pole will be delayed a year until September 2026. Artemis II, a 10-day expedition to send a crew around the moon and back to test life support systems, will also be pushed back to Septembe ..read more
The Guardian » SpaceX
2M ago
Rocket and satellite maker responds to National Labor Relations Board complaint that it wrongly fired employees
Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Thursday sued a US labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees who sent a letter to company executives calling its CEO, Elon Musk, “a distraction and embarrassment”.
In a lawsuit filed in Brownsville, Texas, federal court, SpaceX claims the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – which issued a complaint against the company on Wednesday – violates the US constitution ..read more