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Not content with sending tourists into space as a general destination, SpaceX plans by the end of the year to send a private space expedition, called Fram2, aboard a Dragon spacecraft on the first crewed mission to travel over the Earth’s poles.Continu… Continue reading SpaceX mission will send first astronauts over the poles
The saga of the “not stranded” Starliner astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) has taken an embarrassing turn with NASA admitting that their one-week visit to the orbiting lab could be extended into 2025 and they may come home in a SpaceX… Continue reading Astronauts may be “not stranded” on ISS until 2025 – and return on Dragon
NASA has revealed details about its plan to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) after it’s decommissioned in 2030. At a press conference, NASA explained how the US Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) being built by SpaceX will be used for the job.Continue… Continue reading How NASA and SpaceX will deorbit and destroy the ISS
Model rocketry has always taken cues from what’s happening in the world of full-scale rockets, with amateur rocketeers doing their best to incorporate the technologies and methods into their creations. …read more Continue reading Model Rocket Nails Vertical Landing After Three-Year Effort
Begun, the Spectrum Wars have. First, it was AM radio getting the shaft (last item) and being yanked out of cars for the supposed impossibility of peaceful coexistence with rolling …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 7, 2024
The first commercial spacewalk mission looks to be back on schedule with Polaris Dawn saying that it will launch no earlier than July 31, 2024. The Dragon spacecraft is slated to carry the four-person crew farther from Earth than any mission in over 50… Continue reading SpaceX’s first Polaris Dawn mission to launch after July 30
With construction kicking off back in February, the addition of Starfactory will give Starbase an extra 100,000 square feet (9,290 sq m) of factory floor dedicated to helping Elon Musk’s SpaceX reach its extremely ambitious goal of producing one Starsh… Continue reading SpaceX scales up Starfactory, aiming to build a Starship a day
Thursday, as you know, saw the fourth Starship launch, and the first in which both the Starship and the Super Heavy booster both made it all the way to a successful splashdown. I’ve never actually seen a launch of any sort before – I tried once at Kenn… Continue reading Liftoff: What it’s like attending a Starship launch
SpaceX’s Starship scored a double win on its fourth test mission today as both the Super Heavy first stage and the Starship second stage had successful flights, reaching space and ending in slow splashdowns in the Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean.Co… Continue reading Starship Flight 4 aces mission with double splashdown
SpaceX plans to launch its Starship spacecraft into orbit for the fourth time on June 6 sometime after 7:00 am CDT. The day and time are tentative because SpaceX has yet to win FAA approval for the launch, but if you want to watch, here’s how.Continue … Continue reading SpaceX to attempt 4th orbital Starship flight: How to watch