SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with 28 Starlink satellites
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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (March 31).
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SpaceX plans to launch the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (March 31), and you can watch the action live.
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The quartet will circle our planet over both of its poles — a trajectory no human spaceflight mission has ever taken before.
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The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it closed out a review into SpaceX's explosive Starship test flight in January, while another investigation into the rocket's subsequent testing explosion in March remains open.
A four-person crew is about to take off from SpaceX's NASA Kennedy Center in a Dragon capsule, in a world first to orbit Earth's two poles.
SpaceX is set to launch the Fram2 with four people aboard over the Earths’ poles on Monday night, marking the first time humans have ever flown such a mission.
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This was the first of two explosions for SpaceX. Plans to bring the massive rocket to Florida are moving forward.
The appointment of Catherine Eschbach could raise conflict-of-interest concerns. She will also lead the downsizing of an agency that holds contractors accountable to federal civil rights laws.
SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches.