Posted 9:07 AM 10/25/2024 by MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.

A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida (More)

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Posted 9:44 AM 10/22/2024 by Christian Von Preysing

It's been more than a week since a very loud first-of-its-kind SpaceX test launch at Boca Chica and Rio Grande Valley residents are still talking about the sonic boom that accompanied it.

"I woke up feeling, like, the house shake and I heard a lot of wind hitting my window and door," (More)

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Posted 9:31 PM 10/18/2024 by Christian von Preysing

Dozens of people turned up in Brownsville Thursday during a public meeting to comment on SpaceX's launchpad water system, which dampens the exhaust of the Starship as it takes off.

The meeting started at 7 p.m. Thursday and was still going as Channel 5 News went on the air for the 10 p.m. (More)...