SpaceX launches Starfall cargo capsule demonstration mission (opens in new tab)

SpaceX launched its first Starfall demonstration mission on June 23, sending a new return capsule into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:53 a.m. EDT. The Federal Aviation Administration environmental assessment said Starfall would support the “transport and delivery of goods through space,” while SpaceX described the vehicle on its launch broadcast as a microgravity lab for research and in-space manufacturing. The vehicle is designed for cargo ...