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Falcons and Dragons and Starships (oh my!)—this the latest on SpaceX's quest for lower-cost space flight.

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Elon Musk’s Martian dreams include modded Cybertrucks and bioengineered animals

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SpaceX’s Starship may mess up the lunar surface

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SpaceX will attempt the first commercial spacewalk

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NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn into the well deck of the USS Portland during recovery operations after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, on December 11, 2022. - Orion was launched November 16 on the Artemis rocket for a 25-day mission to the Moon. The main goal of this mission was to test Orion's heat shield -- for the day when it is humans and not test mannequins riding inside. (Photo by Mario Tama / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MARIO TAMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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