Tag: rocket
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Rocket attack forces Blinken to seek cover in Israeli air raid shelter
TEL AVIV — A rocket attack briefly forced Secretary of State Antony Blinken to go to an air raid shelter Wednesday after sirens rang out across Tel Aviv, a senior administration official told NBC News. Smoke, apparently from an intercepted projectile, could be seen in the sky above the hotel where Blinken was staying. A…
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SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing during fifth flight test
SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster. Elon Musk’s company launched Starship at 8:25 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas. The rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster returned to land on the arms of the…
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FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after malfunction
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX must investigate why the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned after a NASA astronaut mission on Saturday, grounding the rocket for the third time in three months. After SpaceX on Saturday launched two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, the rocket…