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  Starship soars again: Musk's SpaceX rocket makes planned crash in Gulf of Mexico | WATCH

  Science | October 14, 2025 8:01 IST

  SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on a major test flight Monday, sending it halfway around the world in a mission that tested future landing techniques and deployed mock satellites.

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  SpaceX's Starship launch halted at last minute due to technical issues, Elon Musk reacts

  Science | March 04, 2025 7:52 IST

  The countdown got down to the 40-second mark, but it was halted because of issues with the 403-foot (123-metre) rocket, the world's largest and most powerful.

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  Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO astronaut, to pilot Axiom Mission 4, India's first crewed ISS mission

  Science | January 30, 2025 23:46 IST

  ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) in 2025. Know about the mission, crew details, and India's growing role in space exploration.

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  SpaceX Starship destroyed during 7th test flight after successful booster catch, Elon Musk reacts

  Science | January 17, 2025 7:44 IST

  Elon Musk’s company revealed that the spacecraft’s six engines shut down one by one, leading to the loss of contact and the mission’s abrupt end. The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights.

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  SpaceX catches 19-storey Super Heavy rocket mid-air | WATCH VIDEO

  Science | October 13, 2024 18:59 IST

  While Starship continued its journey towards a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, all eyes turned to the returning booster.

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  SpaceX mega rocket loses spacecraft just 15 minutes before completing test flight

  Science | March 15, 2024 0:01 IST

  Starship reached an altitude of about 233 kilometres as it coasted across the Atlantic and South Africa, before approaching the Indian Ocean. But 49 minutes into the flight — with just 15 minutes remaining — all contact was lost and the spacecraft presumably broke apart.

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  NASA, SpaceX launch 4 astronauts from 4 countries including Russia to International Space Station

  World | August 27, 2023 10:59 IST

  The astronauts will reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule on Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March.

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  Big blow to Elon Musk! SpaceX world’s biggest rocket explodes minutes after its launch | WATCH

  World | April 21, 2023 6:19 IST

  SpaceX’s new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, failed minutes after rising from the launch pad on its first test flight on Thursday (April 20).

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  SpaceX delivers Russian, Native American women to station

  World | October 07, 2022 8:53 IST

  SpaceX delivers Russian: Russian, first time in 20 years, hitched a ride from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the result of a new agreement reached despite friction over the war in Ukraine.

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  Russian cosmonaut launches from US for first time in 20 years, alongside NASA, Japanese astronauts

  World | December 16, 2022 12:47 IST

  For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S., launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine.

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  SpaceX delivers new crew of 4 to International Space Station, ‘glorious sight’

  Science | November 12, 2021 8:20 IST

  “Floating in space and shining like a diamond,” noted German astronaut Matthias Maurer. “We’re all very thrilled, very excited.”

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  SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves

  Science | October 30, 2021 19:01 IST

  For crew launches, SpaceX requires good weather all the way up the Eastern Seaboard and across the North Atlantic to Ireland.

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  Raja Chari to be the commander of SpaceX flight launching on October 31

  Science | October 28, 2021 16:46 IST

  This will be SpaceX’s fourth launch of NASA astronauts and its fifth passenger flight overall.

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  Indian-American astronaut part of NASA-SpaceX Crew-3 mission

  World | October 07, 2021 20:45 IST

  The four astronauts will lift off to space on October 30 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the statement added.  

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  SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15

  Science | September 05, 2021 16:36 IST

  Early this year in February, SpaceX announced the charity-driven mission named Inspiration4, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and will have three others.

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  SpaceX may launch rockets from ocean spaceport by next year: Report

  Science | June 01, 2021 20:23 IST

  Elon Musk-run SpaceX's first ocean spaceport for the Starship launch vehicle could be ready as soon as next year, the CEO has revealed.

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  Bad offshore weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday

  Science | April 21, 2021 20:31 IST

  SpaceX on Wednesday bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore. 

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  SpaceX launches test rocket, breaks apart before landing

  Science | March 30, 2021 20:38 IST

  SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.  

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  SpaceX’s 2nd Starship test flight ends with another kaboom

  Science | February 04, 2021 17:09 IST

  The full-scale stainless steel rocket reached its intended altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), slightly lower than the last one. Everything seemed to be going well as the 160-foot (50-meter) Starship flipped on its side and began its descent. But it did not manage to straighten itself back up in time for a landing and slammed into the ground.

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  SpaceX to launch world's first all-civilian astronaut mission to orbit in late 2021

  Science | February 02, 2021 6:31 IST

  SpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth, dubbed as "the world's first all-civilian mission." It is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021.