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SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry

SpaceX's ninth Starship test reached space on May 27 but suffered a loss of attitude control during atmospheric reentry, causing the booster to break apart and the spacecraft to tumble uncontrolled. The incident follows debris-related disruptions from earlier flights and underscores further hurdles for Starship's development toward lunar and Mars missions.

2025-05-27T16:45:41.810943-07:00

SpaceNews.com

SpaceX Targets May 27 for Starship IFT-9, First Super Heavy Reuse After FAA Clears Path

2025-05-23T16:22:16.872604-07:00

Breaking Defense

Trump Unveils $175B Golden Dome Space Missile Shield, Taps Gen. Guetlein to Lead

2025-05-20T13:43:04.002726-07:00

Reuters

FAA doubles hazard zones as it clears SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 return-to-flight

2025-05-22T09:10:49.264155-07:00

Hype Analysis

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SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry SpaceX's ninth Starship test reached space on May 27 but suffered a loss of attitude control during atmospheric reentry, causing the booster to break apart and the spacecraft to tumble uncontrolled. The incident follows debris-related disruptions from earlier flights and underscores further hurdles for Starship's development toward lunar and Mars missions.

2025-05-27T16:45:41.810943-07:00

SpaceX Starship Test Flight 9 Breaks Up on Uncontrolled Reentry

Aviation Week

Blue Origin Readies Prototype Lunar Lander Demonstration Mission in Rivalry with SpaceX Blue Origin will undertake a demonstration mission of its prototype lunar lander this year, stepping up its challenge to SpaceX's dominance in lunar payload delivery. The demo seeks to validate the lander’s systems ahead of potential NASA CLPS contracts and commercial lunar exploration opportunities.

2025-05-27T14:32:54.515388-07:00

Blue Origin Readies Prototype Lunar Lander Demonstration Mission in Rivalry with SpaceX

Space.com

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SpaceX launches first of two Starlink missions from California, lands Falcon 9 booster SpaceX launched a fresh group of Starlink satellites from California today, marking the first of two planned missions in a 24-hour window. The Falcon 9 booster returned to a successful landing, underscoring the company’s high-frequency deployment strategy for its broadband constellation.

2025-05-27T10:37:57.389717-07:00

SpaceX launches first of two Starlink missions from California, lands Falcon 9 booster

The Verge

Musk’s $5B Starlink Pitch to Apple Met with Globalstar Rebuff Three years ago Elon Musk offered Apple an exclusive 18-month SpaceX satellite link for iPhones in exchange for $5 billion up front and $1 billion annually, threatening to unveil a competing feature if rebuffed. Apple chose Globalstar and shelved Boeing’s Project Eagle, paving the way for Starlink’s later deals.

2025-05-27T08:38:10.157540-07:00

Musk’s $5B Starlink Pitch to Apple Met with Globalstar Rebuff

New Scientist

Solar Storms Knock Out Starlink Satellites Amid Constellation Boom Recent geomagnetic activity has disabled multiple SpaceX Starlink satellites, exposing the vulnerability of high-density LEO constellations to solar weather. As SpaceX’s network swells to record levels, weather-driven outages risk disrupting global broadband coverage and adding to orbital congestion.

2025-05-27T07:20:30.391859-07:00

Solar Storms Knock Out Starlink Satellites Amid Constellation Boom

NASA Spaceflight

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SpaceX Prepares Starship Flight 9 After Two Block 2 Failures and Extended Grounding SpaceX is preparing to resume Starship integrated flight tests with Flight 9 after two consecutive Block 2 vehicle failures and months of ground testing. This upcoming mission will be pivotal for validating design fixes and operational readiness ahead of commercial orbital launches.

2025-05-26T12:49:37.099871-07:00

SpaceX Prepares Starship Flight 9 After Two Block 2 Failures and Extended Grounding

Wall Street Journal

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SpaceX’s NASA Breakthrough Sparks Commercial Launch Revolution SpaceX’s early contracts with NASA demonstrated not only the company’s ability to meet stringent agency requirements but also its capacity to attract a diverse set of commercial payloads. This dual success established space launch as a viable, competitive business, ushering in a golden age for the commercial space sector.

2025-05-26T08:22:18.828857-07:00

SpaceX’s NASA Breakthrough Sparks Commercial Launch Revolution

New York Times

Sonic Detectives Decode SpaceX Launch and Landing Acoustics Physicists armed with distributed microphones are capturing the roar and sonic booms of SpaceX rocket launches and landings. Their global recordings are revealing critical data on exhaust plume noise, vehicle structural response and landing dynamics — insights poised to shape spacecraft design and community noise mitigation.

2025-05-26T02:14:27.795564-07:00

Sonic Detectives Decode SpaceX Launch and Landing Acoustics

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