SpaceX gets FAA approval for Flight 9 of Starship megarocket

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SpaceX’s Starship launches on its eighth test flight on March 6, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket for its ninth-ever liftoff. The FAA announced the decision today (May 22) after taking a long look at the anomaly that occurred on Starship’s most recent mission, whichContinue Reading

Never Before Seen Bacterium in Space Station Could be a Strain Only Found in Space

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In May 2023, Chinese astronauts swabbed several surfaces of their space station Tiangong (Mandarin for “Heavenly Place”), then sent the samples back to Earth for analysis. The results are now in: the sample contained one bacterium never before seen, according to a report in the International Journal of Systemic and Evolutionary Microbiology. New Bacteria inContinue Reading

Another Milestone for X-59

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving the ground. The goal of ground-based simulation testing was to make sure the hardware and software that will allow the X-59Continue Reading