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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).
Rocket Lab is at the whim of speculative market runs, as the stock showed when it fell around -80% from the late 2021 market highs. The recent market downturn in late February and March also led to a more than 50% drop in valuation.
Californians should have yet another chance to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soaring high in the sky this week.
The US Air Force is investing in a transport system that could one day deliver 100 tonnes for cargo or personnel by rocket to any spot on Earth in under 90 minutes. Unimaginatively called Rocket Cargo,
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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.
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.