SpaceX launches another Starship rocket
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SpaceX just sent another batch of its Starlink internet satellites aloft from Florida's Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 27 satellites launched the Starlink 10-32 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center today (May 28) at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT).
Californians should have yet another chance to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soaring high in the sky this week.
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) has stood as a promising potential alternative propulsion technology for decades. Chemical rockets have begun to reach their theoretical maximum efficiency, and their developers have switched their focus to making them cheaper rather than more efficient.
A Tokyo-based rocket startup said on Wednesday it will test-launch a prototype in the United States in December using an American engine, aiming to achieve the first U.S.-Japan joint commercial launch and address Japan's rocket shortage.
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Space.com on MSNWatch Rocket Lab launch private Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonightRocket Lab will stream the launch live, beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. You can watch live via the company and here at Space.com if, as expected, Rocket Lab makes the webcast available. The mission, which Rocket Lab calls "Full Stream Ahead," will send the Gen-3 satellite to a circular orbit 292 miles (470 kilometers) above Earth.
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FDA places clinical hold of RP-A501 for the treatment of patients with Danon disease due to a patient death. Click here to read why RCKT is a Hold.
Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc RCKT +2.58% + Free Alerts announced an update Tuesday related to RP-A501, its investigational gene therapy for Danon disease, a rare X-linked dominant genetic disorder that manifests with the clinical triad of cardiomyopathy (stiff heart muscles), skeletal myopathy (weakness) and intellectual disability.
Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out deep tech unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD.