Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Relativity Space, Slingshot Aeropsace, SpaceX and Virgin Orbit have raised billions of dollars to create new vehicles to launch payloads into space, but as the private space industry develops in the U.S. investors are beginning to back enabling technologies boost the next wave of innovation. Whether it’s satellite manufacturers, new propulsion […]
View More As rocket companies proliferate, new enabling tech emerges as the next wave in the space raceCategory: spacecraft
Malfunction mars the landing for SpaceX’s latest Falcon 9 resupply mission to the ISS
The latest Falcon 9 mission launched successfully, but its reusable booster just missed sticking the landing thanks to a stalled hydraulic pump on the grid fin, according to a tweet by Elon Musk. Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship […]
View More Malfunction mars the landing for SpaceX’s latest Falcon 9 resupply mission to the ISSNASA chooses the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission
Five years and sixty potential locations later, NASA has chosen the Jezero Crater as the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission. Slated to launch in July the Mars 2020 rover mission will touch down at the Jezero Crater as NASA’s exploration of the Red Planet enters its next phase. The rover will be looking for […]
View More NASA chooses the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover missionElon Musk just unveiled images of SpaceX’s ship that he hopes will be key to bringing people to Mars
Just a few hours before SpaceX reveals the identity of BFR’s first private passenger that will fly around the moon, Elon Musk tweeted two new images of what the future spacecraft will look like. Read more…More about Space, Mashable Video, Elon Musk,…
View More Elon Musk just unveiled images of SpaceX’s ship that he hopes will be key to bringing people to MarsSpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster on Just Read The Instructions drone ship
SpaceX confirmed on Twitter this morning that it recovered the booster from the latest Falcon 9 launch. Shortly after launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California at 7:39AM ET this morning, the booster stage landed on the Just Read The Instructions drone ship. The company will now try to catch the rocket’s fairing with a […]
View More SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster on Just Read The Instructions drone shipSpaceX to build its massive BFR in Los Angeles
The mayor of Los Angeles confirmed earlier reports that SpaceX will build its largest rocket, the BFR, at the Port of Los Angeles. The company intends to build a manufacturing facility on an 18-acre site at Berth 240 and use waterways to transport the massive rocket. SpaceX says the BFR is simply too big to […]
View More SpaceX to build its massive BFR in Los AngelesNASA is using dummies to test the impact aircraft crashes may have on the human body
NASA Langley Research Center has recently published a video explaining the ways in which they are using mannequins to test the impact of rough landings and splashdowns can have on human bodies. The dummies are equipped with an array of sensors that c…
View More NASA is using dummies to test the impact aircraft crashes may have on the human bodyVirgin Galactic successfully tested its rocket-powered spacecraft today for the first time since 2014
Virgin Galactic took to the skies today for the first test of its rocket-powered spacecraft in over three years. The SpaceShipTwo launch platform deployed the USS Unity at a set altitude where the space craft will fire its engines for as long as 30 seconds bringing the craft to 1 1/2 the speed of sound. […]
View More Virgin Galactic successfully tested its rocket-powered spacecraft today for the first time since 2014SpaceX successfully launches Iridium-5 Falcon 9 mission
SpaceX has successfully launched its Iridium -5 mission, which carries 10 satellites to add to Iridium’s NEXT global communications constellation. This is the fifth set of 10, out of a total of 75 that SpaceX is launching for client Iridium, and today’s launch used a first stage Falcon 9 booster originally employed last October for […]
View More SpaceX successfully launches Iridium-5 Falcon 9 missionWatch SpaceX launch Iridium-5 aboard a re-used Falcon 9 rocket live
SpaceX is launching its next mission for client Iridium this morning, with an instantaneous launch window for the mission opening at 7:13 AM PDT (10:13 AM EDT). The Iridium -5 mission will take off from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and there’s a backup window set for March 31 at 7:08 AM […]
View More Watch SpaceX launch Iridium-5 aboard a re-used Falcon 9 rocket liveWatch this Falcon Heavy reel by Westworld co-creator, including core landing miss
If you couldn’t be at the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch that happened earlier this year, the next best thing might be watching this highlight reel of the launch, the voyage of Elon’s Tesla-driving Starman and the landing/landing attempt of the three Falcon Heavy booster cores. Set to David Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars?’, the nearly two-minute clip has plenty of footage of… Read More
Watch SpaceX launch a record-sized satellite on its 50th Falcon 9 live
SpaceX is setting up to launch its 50th Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload that also represents a new milestone. The two-hour launch window is set to begin at 12:33 AM EST (9:33 PM PST) so it’s a late one, but if you’re a fan of watching SpaceX make history, this is one to watch. The Falcon 9 launching tonight is carrying Hispasat 30W-6, a satellite destined for Geostationary… Read More