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SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Monday 15 February from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Read it here.

Watch: SpaceX lost Falcon 9 rocket at sea after successful Starlink launch R.I.P Falcon 9 B5 B1059.6. SpaceX on Tuesday 16 February launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. While the launch was a success, for the most part, the Falcon 9 rocket missed the landing on its way back. The rocket – a Falcon 9 F9 B5 B1059.6 – failed to stick to its landing on a floating platform, the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship out in the Atlantic Ocean. Watch the footage below....

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 but loses first stage booster at sea SpaceX has failed to land its Falcon 9 rocket after launching the latest batch of its Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch took place at Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 11pm local time on Monday (4am GMT, 16 February). The payload of 60 broadband satellites were delivered safely to orbit but the rocket’s first stage missed its...

(Photo via SpaceX/YouTube) After successfully launching 60 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit, SpaceX on Monday failed to stick the landing of its Falcon 9 first-stage booster for the first time in a year. The two-stage Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral just before 11 p.m. Monday. About nine minutes later, the rockets first stage returned to Earth to attempt its sixth landing on SpaceXs drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. "It does look like we di...

SpaceX and Russia's space agency Roscosmos are working towards a Valentine's Day launch doubleheader tonight (Feb. 14).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch early Friday morning, carrying with it another batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L19.

28 shares This June 1, 2020 illustration provided by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre depicts the United Arab Emirates Hope Mars probe. (Alexander McNabb/MBRSC via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The first Arab space mission, the UAE’s “Hope” probe, is expected to reach Mars’ orbit on Tuesday, making it the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month. The United Arab Emirates, China and the United States all launched projects to Mars last July, takin...

SpaceX recently won a contract that will see it launch an important astrophysics mission into Earth orbit for NASA. The contract will have SpaceX put the NASA

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...