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Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2016

SpaceX launched its second rocket since its recovery from a launch disaster last summer as a Falcon 9 carrying an ocean-monitoring satellite blasted off cleanly through a foggy Sunday afternoon at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The flawless lift-off at 1:42 p.m. Eastern time reaffirms that SpaceX, which launches most of its rockets from Cape […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2015

The words “We have liftoff!” are as exciting as any in the English language; right up there with “Gentlemen, start your engines!” The remarkable feat of sending a rocket or space shuttle into space has seen the heights of triumph and the depths of failure. Many still agonize over a fire that took the lives […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with the media after giving the State of the State speech on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

SpaceX launches 2nd rocket in its return to flight

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