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SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's tenth test flight in early August, as confirmed by Elon Musk on July 14, 2025. Despite a ...

People have a chance to provide public feedback on SpaceX's plans to expand operations of its massive Starship rocket to ...

In the 1950s, the U.S. experimented with carrying a nuclear reactor on a plane, but stopped short of actually using nuclear ...