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Space X Falcon Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Star Wars Day from Florida

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Space X Falcon Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Star Wars Day from Florida

Living up to its sci-fi namesake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on Sunday, May 04, 2025 — Star Wars Day — carrying a record 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission scheduled start time was 4:54 a.m. EDT (0854 GMT) and it was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre at Complex 39A … Read more

SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Ends with Historic West Coast Splashdown

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A shift in SpaceX’s reentry routine kicked in with the end of its Fram2 astronaut mission. The Crew Dragon capsule, named Resilience, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 4, just off the coast of Southern California. This was a first for SpaceX — every previous crewed return had ended in either the Gulf … Read more