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The far side of Earth's Moon as seen using data from cameras aboard NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

3-ton rocket that will smash into the moon Friday is from China, astronomer argues

By Ben Turner published

Experts say the rocket highlights a real need for better tracking of far-Earth objects.

The Moon
An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. The company has won a U.S. military contract for missile-warning satellites.

How will Ukraine keep SpaceX's Starlink internet service online?

By Chelsea Gohd published

SpaceX's Starlink internet is now active in Ukraine. But how will they keep it online?

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 46 Starlink internet satellites to orbit on the Starlink 4-8 mission from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida on Feb. 21, 2022.

SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, lands Falcon 9 rocket for 100th time

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched nearly four dozen satellites and landed the returning rocket Monday (Feb. 21).

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A Long March 3C rocket blasts off in Xichang, Sichuan on October 1, 2010

Rogue rocket about to smash into the moon is from China, not SpaceX, experts say

By Ben Turner published

The object is set to hit the moon traveling at roughly 5,771 mph (9,288 km/h) on March 4.

The Moon
In the 1902 French movie, "A Trip to the Moon," a space rocket hits moon in the eye.

Here's what will happen when SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon

By David Rothery published

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon. Here's what will happen after the lunar crash.

The Moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink internet satellites into space from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 6, 2020. It was the third flight for the Falcon 9 booster.

Geomagnetic storm sends 40 SpaceX satellites plummeting to Earth

By Ben Turner published

The satellites were hit by the storm just one day after launch.

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This still from a SpaceX tracking camera video shows the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket as it separates from its upper stage during SpaceX's launch of the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite for Italy on Jan. 31, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing

By Tariq Malik published

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.

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Artist's illustration of the DSCOVR satellite attached to its SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage shortly after launch in February 2015.

You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today

By Samantha Mathewson published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during live webcasts on Feb. 7 and Feb.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-87 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Feb. 2, 2022.

SpaceX launches classified spy satellite for US military, lands rocket

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX sent a U.S. spy satellite to orbit Wednesday (Feb. 2) in the second of three planned launches over a four-day stretch.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Italian CSG-2 Earth observation satellite launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 31, 2022.

SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observation satellite, lands rocket

By Mike Wall published

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the CSG-2 radar satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday (Jan. 31) at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT).

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