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Webb telescope peers deeper into the universe than ever before
President Biden unveiled the deepest ever look into the distant universe Monday with the release of the first full-color science image from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing thousands of faint galaxies and countless stars shining like lampposts in a tiny patch of the southern sky.
SpaceX’s 50th dedicated Starlink mission begins filling new network layer
SpaceX launched the 50th dedicated mission for the Starlink internet network Sunday from California’s Central Coast, deploying 46 broadband relay nodes to begin populating a new polar-orbiting “shell” to fill in gaps in the satellite constellation.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 46 more Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX's team at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday with 46 more Starlink internet spacecraft, a mission to start filling a new layer in the satellite fleet. Liftoff from the foggy West Coast spaceport occurred at 6:39 p.m. PDT (9:39 p.m. EDT; 0139 GMT), and the booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
CAPSTONE probe overcomes radio glitch on course for moon
NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft, a miniature pathfinder for future lunar crew missions, has overcome a communications outage and performed its first course correction maneuver since a Rocket Lab propulsion module gave the probe a final push toward the moon July 4.
VideoRussian Soyuz rocket hauls Glonass navigation satellite to space
A fresh satellite joined Russia's Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles north of Moscow.
SpaceX rolls out maritime internet service on same day as another Starlink launch
SpaceX launched another group of 53 satellites from Cape Canaveral for the company's Starlink internet network Thursday, the same day it unveiled a new maritime broadband service. Federal regulators recently approved SpaceX's request to provide Starlink connectivity for mobile users.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX launched 53 more Starlink internet satellites at 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket's reusable first stage landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean to complete its 13th flight to space.
SpaceX to continue Starlink network deployment with Thursday launch
Fifty-three more Starlink internet satellites are fastened to the top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff Thursday from Cape Canaveral, the first of five Falcon 9 flights scheduled for July.
World’s rockets on pace for record year of launch activity
If it feels like there are more rockets launching into orbit than ever before, it's not just you. The world's launch operators, led by SpaceX and China's state-run enterprises, launched 72 missions into orbit in the first half of 2022, on pace to break last year's record of 135 orbital deliveries.
Virgin Orbit’s first night launch a success; UK mission next
Virgin Orbit's air-launched rocket carried seven small CubeSats into orbit on the company's first nighttime mission late Friday night off the coast of California, helping clear the way for teams to base the next Virgin Orbit launch from the United Kingdom later this year.