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SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

NASA’s Artemis Program and SpaceX’s Starship NASA’s Artemis program is revving back up. After Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby) slips into 2026, the big prize is Artemis III – the first American moon landing since Apollo. Under the current plan, NASA will launch Orion atop an SLS rocket and then rendezvous with SpaceX’s Starship, which must carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface. SpaceX’s recent Flight 11 (Oct. 13) achieved most of its objectives: the Starship upper stage reached space and deployed payloads, while the Super-Heavy booster performed a soft water landing reuters.com. NASA’s acting chief Sean Duffy praised the
26 October 2025
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SpaceX Starship’s Epic Test Flight Stuns the World – What It Means for Moon, Mars, and Beyond

SpaceX’s Starship Launch Sends Space Stocks Soaring – Historic Test Closes Block 2 Chapter

Historic Starship Flight 11 Mission On Oct 13 SpaceX executed the 11th test flight of its fully-reusable Starship rocket from its Starbase launch facility. The 400‑ft tall rocket roared to life under 33 Raptor engines, lifting its upper-stage (Ship 38) above the pad ts2.tech. Two and a half minutes after liftoff the Super Heavy booster (B15) separated and began a carefully controlled descent. SpaceX ran a sophisticated landing burn (firing 13 engines then throttling to 5) and the booster made a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico about 8½ minutes after launch ts2.tech. This marked SpaceX’s third successful Super Heavy recovery
16 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Mega Starship Aces Final V2 Test – ‘One Step Closer to Moon!’

SpaceX’s Mega Starship Aces Final V2 Test – ‘One Step Closer to Moon!’

The Final Starship V2 Test Flight At 6:23 p.m. local time on Oct. 13, SpaceX lit the engines on Starship Flight 11. The vehicle — fully stacked and standing ~121 m (400 ft) tall space.com ts2.tech — roared off the Starbase launch tower under 33 ground-level Raptor engines, generating about 16 million pounds of thrust (over twice that of the Saturn V moon rocket) ts2.tech. The Super Heavy booster carried its upper-stage “Ship 38” clear of the pad in a plume of flame. The only anomaly during ascent was one Raptor failing to reignite during a planned boost-back burn; that engine later relit during the landing
14 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Starship Ignites Moon-Race Drama: Will NASA Beat China?

SpaceX’s Starship Ignites Moon-Race Drama: Will NASA Beat China?

SpaceX’s next Starship test (Flight 11) is set for Oct. 13, 2025 (7:15 pm ET), marking the final launch of the current “Block 2” version ts2.tech. Flight 11 will replicate Flight 10’s profile (booster splashdown in Gulf, ship to Indian Ocean) but test new landing techniques and a reinforced heat shield ts2.tech space.com. NASA is betting Artemis III (by ~2027) on Starship for crewed lunar landings, even as China pushes for its first moonwalk by 2030 krgv.com reuters.com. Experts warn NASA’s plan is “extraordinarily complex” krgv.com and may slip; former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine remarked “it doesn’t make a lot of sense… if you’re trying
13 October 2025
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Starship Soars, Starlink Swells & SpaceX Dominates: 10 Days of Spectacular SpaceX News (Oct 1–10, 2025)

Starship Soars, Starlink Swells & SpaceX Dominates: 10 Days of Spectacular SpaceX News (Oct 1–10, 2025)

Now, let’s dive into the details of each development from October 1–10, 2025, and what they mean for SpaceX, its competitors, and the future of spaceflight. Falcon 9 Launch Frenzy and Mission Highlights spaceflightnow.comSpaceX began October with Falcon 9 rockets flying at an unprecedented pace, underscoring the company’s capability to maintain a rapid cadence. On Oct. 3, a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB completed SpaceX’s 125th launch of 2025, lofting 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com space.com. The booster (serial B1097) landed on the Pacific droneship Of Course I Still Love You minutes later, marking SpaceX’s
5 October 2025
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SpaceX Starship: The Giant Rocket Poised to Change Space Travel Forever (2025 Update)

SpaceX’s Starship Returns: Launch Set for Oct. 13 – A Lunar Race and Rocket Showdown Explained

Sources: Official SpaceX announcements and live-test reports space.com friendsofnasa.org; Space.com and SpaceExplored news articles covering the Flight 10 success and Oct. 13 announcement space.com spaceexplored.com; NASA and Congressional briefings on Artemis timelines nasa.gov space.com; NASA Advisory Panel analysis spacepolicyonline.com gizmodo.com; and public flight logs and press summaries en.wikipedia.org nasaspaceflight.com. These sources provide the latest updates on Starship’s development, objectives, and its role in the upcoming Moon missions and broader space exploration landscape.
30 September 2025
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Space Race in 48 Hours: Starship Roars, Moon Mission Nears & Space Tourism Soars

Space Race in 48 Hours: Starship Roars, Moon Mission Nears & Space Tourism Soars

Key Facts (Sept. 23–24, 2025) Satellite Launches & Space Missions Solar Probes Take Flight: On Sept. 24, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 thundered off pad 39A in Florida carrying three solar science spacecraft: NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a small Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1 space-weather monitor science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov. Liftoff was targeted for 7:30 a.m. EDT, with the booster aiming to hurl the payloads toward the Sun-Earth L1 point, about a million miles out nasa.gov nasa.gov. This mission inaugurates a new era in heliophysics – IMAP will map the boundaries of the heliosphere (the “bubble” of solar wind around our solar system) to
24 September 2025
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SpaceX Starship’s Epic Test Flight Stuns the World – What It Means for Moon, Mars, and Beyond

SpaceX Starship’s Epic Test Flight Stuns the World – What It Means for Moon, Mars, and Beyond

Starship’s Latest Test: Breaking New Ground in South Texas SpaceX’s Starship program notched a dramatic success on August 26, 2025, when the giant Starship rocket aced its 10th flight test from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas space.com. At 7:30 p.m. ET that day, the 40-story vehicle thundered off the pad on 33 Raptor engines, delivering a ground-shaking 16 million pounds of thrust – more than twice the power of NASA’s Saturn V or SLS moon rockets spaceflightnow.com. SpaceX employees cheered as the booster propelled the Starship upper stage toward space, marking the first time in over a
19 September 2025
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Space Weekend Thrills: Starship’s Historic Flight, Secret Spaceplane Soars & Cosmic Breakthroughs

Space Weekend Thrills: Starship’s Historic Flight, Secret Spaceplane Soars & Cosmic Breakthroughs

Key Facts Full Report SpaceX Soars: Starship’s Triumph and More Starship’s First Orbital Success: SpaceX’s Starship finally broke its streak of test failures in spectacular fashion. On Aug. 26, the 403-foot reusable rocket system completed its tenth test flight and achieved several firsts. After launching from Starbase, Texas, the Starship upper stage reached space and successfully deployed payloads – ejecting 8 dummy Starlink satellites about 30 minutes into flight from its innovative internal dispenser reuters.com. This marked the first-ever satellite deployment by Starship, turning the page on a series of early-flight mishaps that had plagued the program. The mission then
31 August 2025
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Starship Soars, Pig Lung Transplant Breakthrough, and Heatwaves Speed Aging – Science’s Latest Shocks

Starship Soars, Pig Lung Transplant Breakthrough, and Heatwaves Speed Aging – Science’s Latest Shocks

Space: Starship’s Milestone and Asteroid Secrets SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally broke its streak of setbacks with a successful integrated test flight on August 26. The 120-meter behemoth lifted off from Starbase, Texas and reached space on its 10th test, deploying eight dummy Starlink satellites from its new “Pez dispenser” mechanism reuters.com. It then survived a blazing reentry in Earth’s atmosphere – a key trial of its heat shield tiles – before performing a controlled engine-guided splashdown in the ocean reuters.com reuters.com. This marks Starship’s first full mission success after several explosive attempts. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk emphasized that many challenges
27 August 2025
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Starship Triumphs, Satellite Blitz & a ‘Mother of All Galaxies’: Major Space Highlights (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Starship Triumphs, Satellite Blitz & a ‘Mother of All Galaxies’: Major Space Highlights (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Key Facts SpaceX’s Starship Soars on 10th Test Flight SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket achieved a long-awaited breakthrough on Aug. 26, completing its first fully successful test flight after several explosive failures earlier in the program reuters.com spacepolicyonline.com. The 400-foot-tall Starship (comprising the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage) lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT, and this time everything ran smoothly. The booster separated as planned about three minutes into flight, and the Starship stage reached space where it deployed eight mock Starlink satellites from its novel “PEZ dispenser” bay reuters.com reuters.com. This marked the first ever payload release
27 August 2025
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Starship Soars, iPhone Air Hinted, $23B Spectrum Shock – Tech News Roundup (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Starship Soars, iPhone Air Hinted, $23B Spectrum Shock – Tech News Roundup (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Apple Preps New iPhones and More for Sept 9 Event Apple officially sent out invites for a September 9 event at its Cupertino headquarters, where it’s expected to unveil its latest slate of devices reuters.com. Topping the list will be new iPhones, potentially including a dramatically thinner model dubbed the “iPhone Air,” echoing Apple’s MacBook Air and iPad Air branding reuters.com. According to media reports, the company will also showcase new Apple Watch models (from entry-level to high-end), upgraded iPad Pros, and even a faster version of its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset reuters.com reuters.com. The fall launch event – held at
27 August 2025
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