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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission Launches: Civilian Crew Set to Break New Ground in Space Exploration

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Ridgewood NJ, early yesterday morning, SpaceX successfully launched its groundbreaking Polaris Dawn mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission is set to push the boundaries of space exploration, taking its four-person civilian crew an astounding 870 miles above Earth—farther than any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo missions to the moon. At over three times the height of the International Space Station, this journey marks a historic leap for private space travel.

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SpaceX to Launch Starship Missions to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk Says

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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk has revealed SpaceX’s ambitious plan to launch Starship missions to Mars within the next two years. The first missions, slated for 2026, will be uncrewed tests, with hopes of sending the first crewed missions by 2030. The ultimate goal? To build a self-sustaining city on Mars in about 20 years.

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Polaris Dawn: A Bold New Frontier in Private Space Exploration Launches Today

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The Next Big Leap in Private Space Missions

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Ridgewood NJ, in an era where private spacecraft routinely dock with the International Space Station (ISS), it can be challenging for any one mission to stand out. However, Polaris Dawn, a collaboration between SpaceX and Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman, is set to make headlines. Launching on Monday, August 26, from Kennedy Space Center, this ambitious mission will push the boundaries of private space exploration.

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Lost in Space: Boeing’s Starliner Faces More Delays: NASA Prepares Contingency Plans for Astronauts’ Return

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Ridgewood NJ, NASA is preparing contingency plans for Boeing’s Starliner astronauts to potentially return from the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2025. This announcement marks the latest setback in Boeing’s troubled journey to launch its inaugural crewed mission to space.

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Lost in Space: NASA Delays Boeing’s Starliner Return Indefinitely After Helium Leaks and Thruster Issues

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NASA officials announced on Friday that the return of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed indefinitely as engineers review data from its recent flight to the International Space Station (ISS). During the mission, the spacecraft experienced several issues, including small helium leaks and problems with five of its 28 thrusters when docking with the station in early June.

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STRANGE LIGHTS APPEARED OVER NEW JERSEY SKY

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Ridgewood NJ, it’s a bird , it’s a plane , no it’s Starlink internet satellites. If you noticed a string of moving lights up in the sky over the weekend, you weren’t alone.

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Tough Day for Elon Musk Tesla Stock Cratered after Earnings Miss and SpaceX’s Starship Exploded on Takeoff

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Paramus NJ, Tesla stock cratered more than 10% on Thursday as investors assessed the impact of the electric vehicle (EV) giant’s aggressive price cuts and what CEO Elon Musk calls an “uncertain” economic environment.

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SpaceX Moves One Step Closer to Interstellar Flight

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Ridgewood NJ, SpaceX is set to conduct a wet dress rehearsal of the Starship launch system from its Starbase site in southeastern Texas. A wet dress rehearsal is a series of prelaunch tests that includes propellant loading of both the upper stage and booster and a run-through of the countdown to just before engine ignition. If it is successful, then the next steps would be a separation of the Starship second stage and Super Heavy booster followed by a full static fire test. These tests take just a few weeks, so it is possible an orbital flight test could be conducted in March.

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SpaceX Starlink Cell Service in the Offering

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Ridgewood NJ, SpaceX filed an application with the US FCC on December 6 for authorization to equip some of its Starlink satellites with direct-to-cellular hardware. The FCC recently authorized SpaceX to launch 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites before the end of the decade. If the direct-to-cellular hardware is approved, Starlink will be able to provide voice, messaging, and basic web browsing capabilities to mobile devices. SpaceX plans to offer smartphone coverage as soon as 2024.

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Apple iPhone 14 with Satellite Connectivity

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Ridgewood NJ, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the iPhone 14 will have satellite hardware, but support for satellite communications depends on agreements between Apple and operators. Satellite connectivity will only be able to be used for emergency texting and voice services. Apple is most likely to partner with Globalstar for the feature. T-Mobile and SpaceX recently announced a plan to provide a satellite-to-cellular service in 2023.

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Firefly Aerospace and Max Polyakov Intend to Build Small Rockets

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Firefly Aerospace and Max Polyakov Want to Build Smaller Rockets than SpaceX

Max Polyakov is collaborating with the US to create rockets smaller than those that SpaceX has built. He has invested $150 million in the commercial rocket industry, making a name for himself. Polyakov’s commercial spaceflight company, Firefly Aerospace, runs an engine test site in Austin, Texas with offices in Cedar Park. His company is already in line for multi-million dollar contracts to launch satellites for NASA .

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Firefly Investor Noosphere Ventures Eyes Satellite Manufacturing Sector

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Two years after investing in Firefly, a small launcher company, Noosphere Ventures is gearing up to make another investment in the small satellite manufacturing sector. Noosphere’s officials agree that they will do whatever it takes, including bringing a company on the brink back to make a portfolio of companies in the space industry that can facilitate success like SpaceX’s.

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