SpaceX Blasts X-37B Space Plane Into Orbit
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Engineers completed a final test of Starship's propulsion system with a so-called "spin prime" test Wednesday at the launch site in South Texas. Ground crews then rolled the ship back to a nearby hangar for engine inspections, touchups to its heat shield, and a handful of other chores to ready it for liftoff.
SpaceX has taken a big step toward the 10th flight of the Starship rocket, moving the first-stage Super Heavy booster to the launchpad at the company’s Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas.
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The time is coming for SpaceX's gargantuan Starship launch vehicle to take off once again from the company's South Texas headquarters.
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It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft that looks like a miniature space shuttle back for a long-duration mission to space during a