Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Recap

On December 9, 2020, Starship serial number 8 (SN8) completed a high-altitude flight test as it successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and demonstrated a first-of-its-kind controlled aerodynamic descent and landing flip maneuver – which will enable landing where prepared surfaces or runways do not exist, including the Moon, Mars, and beyond.>>>

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100 Successful Flights

On Saturday, October 24, 2020, SpaceX completed its 100th successful flight since Falcon 1 first flew to orbit in 2008. Over the course of these flights, SpaceX landed Falcon’s first stage booster 63 times and re-flew boosters 45 times. Original Author: Produced by SpaceX and published on 25/10/2020

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NASA Tests Space Launch System Rocket Booster for Artemis Missions

NASA completed a full-scale booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in Promontory, Utah, on Sept. 2. The full-scale booster firing was conducted with new materials and processes that may be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters. NASA and Northrop Grumman, the SLS boosters lead contractor,>>>

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In full: New coronavirus ventilators will “reach NHS next week”

UK senior minister Michael Gove has confirmed the first of thousands of new ventilators will be completed and delivered to the NHS next week. He said: "We have just over 8,000 ventilators deployed in NHS hospitals now. This number has increased since the epidemic began thanks to the hard work>>>

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