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NASA's partnership with SpinLaunch has made an explosive entrance after shooting a payload out of the Suborbital Accelerator thousands of feet into the air.

Down To Earth

That's one way to make an entrance.

The Payload NASA Shot Into Sky With Giant Gun Came Down So Hard They Needed to Dig It Out With an Excavator

NASA may soon be slingshotting its satellites into orbit thanks to its partnership with a startup that makes gigantic slingshots for that very purpose.

Centrifugal Motion

It fired it out at more than the speed of sound.

NASA Tests System to Fling Satellites Into Sky Using Huge Centrifuge

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.

Cannon Do Attitude

Sorry, folks!

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

After years of media coverage and renders, SpinLaunch is ready to show off an early prototype of its suborbital accelerator, a centrifuge for rockets.

Like David and Goliath

It's a crazy idea — and it might just work.

Startup Tests Rocket Launched by Super-Powerful Slingshot

Rocket technology company SpinLaunch is planning to start suborbital test flights using a massive centrifuge called as soon as this winter.

Satellite Spinner

The company still has to prove its satellite slingshot will actually work.

This Startup Plans to Fling Rockets Into Space With a Centrifuge

SpinLaunch, a company that specializes in a space katapult launch system, just signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense's Innovation Unit (DIU).

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