FAA issues ground stop after SpaceX loses contact with Starship 8 minutes into launch
Scientists lost contact with SpaceX's Starship 8 minutes after launch Thursday, the first test flight since the Starship 7 ...
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How Do Rockets Work? A Basic Explainer
That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...
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SpaceX launch sends 22 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
A landing burn used a single Merlin rocket engine to enable the rocket land on an autonomous recovery vessel about 8 minutes and 20 seconds after the rocket's launch. Related SpaceX launches 23 ...
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U.S. Air Force extends Sierra Space contract for upper stage rocket engine
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