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10:15pm, 3rd April, 2019

SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

After weeks of preparation, the prototype test vehicle for SpaceX’s monster spaceship, known as Starhopper, fired up its methane-powered Raptor rocket engine for the first time today and lifted ever so slightly off its Texas launch pad. “Starhopper c...

Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid

1:08pm, 22nd September, 2018

Space

Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid

An image from the Hayabusa 2 mission’s Rover-1A shows the surface of the asteroid Ryugu at left. The bright white region is due to sunlight. The image, captured at about 11:44 a.m. JST Sept. 22 (7:44 p.m. PT Sept. 21), is blurry because it was taken...

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SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid

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