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Tech billionaire returns to Earth after 1st private spacewalk – National

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after 1st private spacewalk – National

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air

U.S. FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after failed landing attempt – National

U.S. FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after failed landing attempt – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a routine Starlink mission, forcing the company’s second grounding this year. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet