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REUTERS/Joe Skipper SpaceX may launch three rockets on Sunday, weather permitting.The aerospace company has scheduled two back-to-back Falcon 9 launches in Florida, just nine hours apart.SpaceX also reportedly...

It’s true that I’m not known for keeping particularly regular hours, but even I had my doubts about this plan. We’d go to sleep around midnight, wake up at 3 AM, drive up the coast aimlessly, then turn around and...

SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off for the second time in history on Thursday. The launch of the Falcon Heavy, which is the most powerful operational rocket in the world, was followed by the successful...

On Thursday, the historic Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) exploded its towers in a controlled demolition. The twin structures, called 17A and 17B, were built in 1956, two years before...

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who can find humor in watching hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of rockets explode, and those who cannot. Elon Musk is, apparently, the former. Late last month,...

On Sunday morning, SpaceX successfully launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded with over 5000 pounds of supplies and experiments bound for the International Space Station. Cargo...

As the Cold War conflict expanded in the 1950s, the Soviet Union dry-tested a hydrogen bomb and defense tactics became a top priority for the United States. Seeking to create a long-range nuclear missile option, the...