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The Wright brothers and the first airplane flight
The Wright brothers made history with the successful flight of their Wright Flyer in 1903.
Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer
CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.
China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video)
China has unveiled the design of a reusable winged shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's Tiangong space station.
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea, after weather delay (video)
SpaceX launched 24 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida's Space Coast and landed a rocket at sea in the second of back-to-back launches today (Nov. 11).
SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today. It was be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.
NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.
Australian company Gilmour Space gets country's 1st orbital launch license
Gilmour Space has received Australia's first orbital launch license for the test flight of its Eris rocket
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).
