Musk Says Starship Orbital Stack Ready for Flight in Few Weeks
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Saturday the first orbital stack of the Starship rocket should be ready for flight in the coming weeks, taking the unorthodox billionaire a step…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rovers readies to begin sampling process
By Julia Musto NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is preparing to collect its first-ever sample. The agency’s Southern California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said that the rover was searching for a…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Reaches Space on Blue Origin’s First Manned Launch
BY JACK PHILLIPS Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, reached space on Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with several other people on board. Blue Origin, the…
NASA begins high-stakes repair to Hubble Space Telescope
By Katie Hunt NASA engineers are trying to work their magic on the Hubble Space Telescope, which stopped working on June 13 as a result of a problem with the…
Billionaire Blastoff: Rich Riding Own Rockets Into Space
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space. It’s intended to be a flashy confidence…
NASA Plans 2 New Missions to Venus, Its First in Decades
BY REUTERS LOS ANGELES—NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030—its first in decades—to study the atmosphere and geologic features of…
China’s Tianwen-1 mission nails historic rover landing on Mars
Jackson Ryan The “footprint” of a Chinese robot imprinted on the surface of Mars on Friday, making China just the third nation to safely reach the red planet’s surface. The…
SpaceX prototype rocket lands successfully for first time
Celine Castronuovo Inn owners in Maggie Valley say ‘no regrets’ after posting divisive signDonald Trump launches another new venture A SpaceX prototype rocket completed a high-altitude test Wednesday by safely…
Meet the first all-civilian crew about to orbit Earth in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule
CBS NEWS May 3, 2021, A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down early Sunday off the coast of Florida, the first nighttime splashdown for a U.S. crew in…
Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour
(Reuters) – A four-astronaut team arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, NASA said, after becoming the first crew ever to be…
NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter makes history with first powered, controlled flight on another planet
By Greg Norman NASA has made history Monday with its Ingenuity Mars helicopter completing the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet. The whole flight in the Jezero Crater flight…
SpaceX’s Starship prototype again blows up during test flight
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown. A camera…