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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. site in Texas, garnering some of the highest traffic this year on an article. Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Launch Permit - In May, Virgin Galactic was.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX --on the cusp of launching its new, Falcon Heavy rocket into space for the first time--is seeing delays due to the government shutdown , according to a report today. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is reportedly getting set to move some parts of the prototyping of its big, Mars-bound passenger rocket--the Starship (formerly known as the BFR)--to Texas, according to reports on Wednesday.

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MAY 29, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has seen another setback in their efforts to develop its next generation Starship, after a full size prototype of the SpaceX Starship exploded after a test firing of its Raptor engines. Videos show the Starship exploding at SpaceX's test site at Boca Chica, Texas at 1:49 p.m.

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MARCH 24, 2020

An employee of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , as well as an on-site health care provider at the SpaceX headquarters, have tested positive for COVID-19 , sending a number of employees into quarantine, according to a report from CNBC. Accordnig to CNBC, SpaceX is asking the employees it sent home to remain in quarantine for 14 days.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, test fired its Falcon rocket at slightly after 1 PST Monday, after an unspecified delay. The static firing test was webcast on SpaceX's site.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX hope to hire another 700 employees in Los Angeles, at a new site at the Port of Los Angeles, to work on its Mars rocket, according to officials in Los Angeles on Monday.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based rocket developer SpaceX conducted a high-altitude, suborbital flight of its Starship spacecraft on Wednesday, successfully launching the vehicle to high altitudes--but ending with a spectacular explosion of the Starship just as it reached the ground.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has bailed on a pending deal to lease space at the Port of Los Angeles, the second time it has done so in the last year. The Port of Los Angeles location was supposed to be the manufacturing site for the Starship, which SpaceX eventually wants to take to Mars.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed late Friday afternoon that it plans to attempt the first, West Coast land landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday evening, shortly after 7:21pm. That was the former site of Space Launch Complex 4W, which formerly launched Titan rockets.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Tesla maintains a small office in Hawthorne, right next to SpaceX, the space rocket company which is also headed by Elon Musk. Tesla has reportedly been inviting Tesla owners and the press to the launch event, which Tesla will also be webcasting live from its web site. The new Model 3 is expected to cost around $35,000. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the high profile commercial space vehicle firm headed by Elon Musk, said this weekend that it has successfully conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle's first stage. The firm's test occurred 10:30 Saturday night at the firm's MacGregor, Texas test site.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Space launches by Hawthorne-based SpaceX are almost becoming as regular as scheduled service at the local bus stop, as the company is planning yet, another satellite launch today, this time for satellite operators Eutelsat and ABS. SpaceX is again webcasting the launch on its web site. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is led by Dirk Ahlborn, and was originally funded by crowdfunding site JumpStarter. HTT said the deal will make it the first company to work on plans for a Hyperloop system in Europe.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Maezawa's site says he is seeking "single women aged 20 or over" who have a "bright personality and always positive", are "interested in going into space and able to participate in the preparation for it", who "want to enjoy life to the fullest" and "someone who wishes for world peace."

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