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SpaceX plans to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years, Musk says

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 10: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Polaris Dawn mission is a private spaceflight backed by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payments platform company Shift4. During the mission, the astronauts will attempt the first spacewalk by a private company. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tech Billionaire Jared Isaacman Becomes First-Ever Civilian To Complete Private Spacewalk

Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first civilian to go on a private spacewalk on Thursday morning, after traveling the farthest from Earth a human being has gone since the Apollo moon missions.

(L-R) NASA Associate Administrator James Free, Associate Administrator Ken Bowersox, Commercial Crew Manager Steve Stich and International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel speak during a news conference to discuss plans to return two astronauts who remain stranded at the International Space Station, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 24, 2024. NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams blasted off for the ISS on the Boeing Starliner on June 5, 2024, and will return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said August 24. "NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew-9 next February, and that Starliner will return uncrewed," Nelson told reporters. The return has been delayed by thruster malfunctions of the Boeing spacecraft. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA Announces Astronauts Stuck In Orbit Since June Returning With SpaceX Crew In February

OAN Staff James Meyers12:29 PM – Saturday, August 24, 2024 Nasa made the announcement on Saturday, that the two astronauts currently stuck on…

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 is pictured launching satellites to orbit in space after it lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, U.S., in this screenshot obtained from a handout video released on July 12, 2024. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 cleared to return to space, FAA says

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared to return to space by the U.S. aviation regulator after it was grounded by a rare mid-flight failure.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - APRIL 16: (L-R) Suni Williams, NASA astronaut and Starliner mission pilot, and Butch Wilmore, NASA astronaut and Starliner mission commander, speak to the media as the Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft rolls out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility on its way to Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center on April 16, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. At the launch complex, the Starliner will be secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in preparation for the Boeing Starliner's first crewed launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 6th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Astronauts ‘Stuck In Limbo’ As Boeing Engineers Troubleshoot Spacecraft

Due to helium leaks, as well as issues pertaining to the thrusters on the Boeing Starliner, complications continue to delay the return of two astronauts who have been stranded in the international space station for over a month.