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The US is taking another stab at landing a privately owned and operated spacecraft on the Moon. At 1:05 am EST today, the Odysseus lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 29A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Continue R… Continue reading US makes second attempt at commercial Moon landing
When the first US Moon landing mission since Apollo lifts off tomorrow, it will be launched into space by a new generation of rockets called Vulcan, which are powered by two methane engines and the longest single-segment solid rocket booster ever built… Continue reading US Moon mission to mark maiden flight of new Vulcan rocket
After being grounded for over a year, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket has returned to the skies and completed its 24th flight from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas as it transported 33 payloads to the edge of space.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Blue Origin returns to space after year-long grounding
SpaceX’s second launch attempt of its giant Starship rocket once again ended in destruction, though the company declared the test flight a success. Lifting off on November 18 at 1:03 pm CT from the Starbase launch site near Boca Chica, Texas, the Stars… Continue reading Both stages of SpaceX Starship rocket blow up on “successful” test flight
SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket may fly again as soon as Friday, November 17. According to the company, the final hurdle is being given formal and final regulatory approval by the US FAA before the 397-ft (121-m) spacecraft can lift off.Continue Reading… Continue reading SpaceX’s Starship may make second flight as early as Friday
The US Space Force has announced the launch date of its not-so-secret top secret spaceplane. The X-37B Mission 7 will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on December 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Launch date set for “secret” X-37B spaceplane mission
YouTube channel “Hazegrayart” has created more than 100 beautifully-rendered videos imagining the launch or operation of some of the weirdest aircraft and spacecraft ever proposed in reality or science fiction.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTa… Continue reading Gorgeous video imagines doomed Soviet-era hydrofoiling shuttle launch
NASA’s deep-space probe to an estimated US$10-quadrillion metal-rich asteroid is on its way. The Psyche mission lifted off on October 13 at 10:19 am EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.Co… Continue reading NASA mission to US$10-quadrillion asteroid lifts off
Startup Stoke Space has successfully completed a 15-second vertical launch/vertical landing test of its Hopper VTVL reusable rocket that is capable of atmospheric reentry and landing after acting as a launch vehicle second stage.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Hopper2 test flight demonstrates advanced reusable rocket technology
China has stolen a march on the rest of the world in the new Space Race with the successful launch of the first space rocket powered by liquid methane and oxygen. Aerospace company LandSpace’s Suzaku-2 Yao booster successfully lifted off from the Jiuqu… Continue reading China claims world-first with methane-powered space launch