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SpaceX rivals challenge Starship launch license in Florida over environmental, safety concerns

SpaceX’s plans to launch its Starship-Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times a year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are facing criticism from its two main rivals, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The Starship The vehicle is the world’s largest rocket. Its two stages are SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster rocket… Read More »

Boeing Starliner heads to the launch pad for the first astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)

CAPE CANAVERAL — May the Power of the Rocket be with you! An Atlas V rocket launched to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, May 4, which also happened to be Star Wars Day, days before its historic first mission with astronauts. There was also Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the… Read More »