SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers’ right to organize.
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SpaceX rocket booster successfully ‘caught’ on first attempt during flight test
SpaceX conducted its fifth flight test of Starship, its most powerful spacecraft.
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SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing Texas
With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse.
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Four astronauts on Polaris Dawn flight return to Earth after 1st commercial spacewalk
The five-day trip, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, broke several records including the first-ever commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Polaris Dawn mission.
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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Polaris astronauts conduct the first-ever private spacewalk
An internet entrepreneur and a SpaceX engineer are on their way to becoming the first private astronauts to walk in space.
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With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch
The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.
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NASA’s long-awaited decision on Starliner is imminent
Boeing’s troubled Starliner remains docked at the International Space Station as NASA determines how and when to send its astronauts back. Now, the agency is poised to announce its decision.
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Civilian Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is set to make history next week
The planned spacewalk — a first for a private mission — will rely on simply opening the spacecraft’s hatch.
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SpaceX rocket accident leaves the company’s Starlink satellites in the wrong orbit
A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they’re doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up.
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Private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show
When a private space traveler said he wanted to take a SpaceX capsule on a mission to improve the aging Hubble telescope, NASA studied the options. Internal emails show concern about the risk.