SpaceX rocket deploys record-setting cargo
SpaceX on Sunday launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a record number of satellites on board, the private space company said.
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Poachers' paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking
Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons—including some endangered species—for wealthy Gulf Arabs.
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US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit
A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday.
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Pakistan foils attempt to smuggle endangered falcons
Pakistani authorities said Saturday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of endangered falcons worth more than one million dollars out of the country.
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Video: Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich preparing for launch
A European satellite built to carry out precise measurements of sea level changes has arrived in California in preparation for launch. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite forms part of the European Union's Copernicus ...
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SpaceX launches Air Force's newest GPS satellite
SpaceX launched the military's newest, most accurate GPS satellite Tuesday after a two-month delay due to the pandemic.
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SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest
The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA's cosmic capture-the-flag game.
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SpaceX ready to launch astronauts into space for the first time
In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk's SpaceX defied expectations—and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years.
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SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style
The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship—all of it white with black trim.
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NASA announces first SpaceX crewed flight for May 27
A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announced on Friday, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade.
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