Launches cap busy week for SpaceX as possible Starship test flight nears

SpaceX launched rockets from both coasts this weekend as all eyes now shift to Texas and the possible next test flight of the company’s giant (and potentially explosive) Starship rocket.

When could the SpaceX Starship launch again?

The SpaceX Starship rockets have been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration following the historic April 20 Texas launch that resulted in a fiery explosion, with pieces falling into the Gulf of Mexico. 

Watch: SpaceX?s giant Starship rocket launch attempt ends with explosion
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Starship -- SpaceX?s giant new rocket that aims to send people to the moon and, ultimately, to Mars -- blasted off on its first test flight but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad on April 20, 2023.

Elon Musk's SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of giant Starship

SpaceX had planned to launch the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas but postponed the launch because of a problem with the first-stage booster.

FAA clears SpaceX to launch giant rocket from Texas

The space company said the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket will be the most powerful rocket ever launched.

'Space jellyfish,' sonic booms herald SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy flight of 2023

The so-called ‘space jellyfish’ effect often happens during sunrise and sunset launches, but this time, the Falcon Heavy side boosters added to the display, producing a dramatic scene visible from as far away as North Carolina.

Steve Aoki, T.O.P. among crew for SpaceX's privately-funded moon mission

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has selected eight people as crew members for his private flight around the moon on a SpaceX spaceship.

Watch (and listen) as the Falcon 9 booster lands
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Here's what it looked and sounded like as a Falcon 9 first stage returned to Earth, as seen from 2.5 miles away.

Elon Musk terminates Twitter deal | LiveNOW from FOX
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Elon Musk won?t be buying Twitter after all, apparently. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is calling off the $44-billion deal, accusing the company of "false and misleading representations." The move was not a surprise to many based on Musk?s comments about the number of fake accounts on the social media platform. His team in recent weeks had tussled with Twitter over "spam bots" and threatened to walk away from the deal if the company couldn?t show that less than 5% of its daily active users are automated spam accounts.

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, take it private after rejecting board seat | LiveNOW From FOX
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share and to take the social media company private, according to an SEC filing. The deal would cost him more than $43 billion and he says, if it's not accepted, he'd have to reconsider his position as a shareholder.

SpaceX launches first 2022 mission in daytime Florida sky
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A perfect launch to start the year for SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket will carry a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A. The space agency said Starlink delivers high-speed broadband Internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable, "ideally suited for areas of the globe where connectivity has typically been a challenge."

SpaceX Splashdown: Inspiration4 returns to safely earth | LiveNOW From FOX
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A SpaceX capsule carrying four space tourists part of the Inspiration4 crew successfully splashed down off the Florida coast Saturday evening. The first all-amateur flight to orbit Earth began three days ago with a launch from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launches first orbita flight crewed by civilians | LiveNOW from FOX
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History was made on Wednesday as the world's first all-civilian crew launched into orbit. SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission launched on Wednesday, September 15 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX launches first orbita flight crewed by civilians | LiveNOW from FOX
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For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists.