SpaceX says it has identified and fixed the problem that caused its Falcon 9 rocket to fail during a launch earlier this month. That failure occurred on July 11, as a Falcon 9 carried 20 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit. The rocket’s first stage performed normally that day, but its upper …
SpaceX Finds Cause of Falcon 9 Failure, Eyes Return To Flight As Soon As July 27. Read More »
Boeing’s Starliner will do a “hot fire” test in orbit soon, as NASA and the company continue to probe the cause of thruster failures and a helium leak in space. Starliner will conduct the test-fire of its 28-thruster reaction control system (RCS) on either Saturday (July 27) or Sunday (July 28) at the International Space …
50 days After Launch To ISS, Boeing Starliner Astronauts Still Have No Landing Date. Read More »
Blue Origin has announced the crew for its next New Shepard space tourism flight. The diverse crew includes a NASA-funded researcher, a professor, a university student, a cardiologist and entrepreneurs, Blue Origin announced in a statement on Wednesday (July 24). The announcement signals that Blue Origin is ready to resume flights, having tackled an issue …
Next Blue Origin Space Tourism Flight Will Launch Youngest Woman Above The Kármán Line. Read More »
China has test-fired a new engine for a planned rocket designed to take astronauts to the moon. The liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen engine, sometimes referred to as the YF-75E, was tested by the Sixth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s state-owned space contractor. The test was conducted at a vertical high-altitude …
Watch China Test-Fire Engine For New Crewed Moon Rocket. Read More »
“Why do we go to space?” asked NASA administrator Bill Nelson to a small crowd at NASA headquarters last week. “We go to explore the heavens, but we also go to improve life here on Earth, and that includes attacking this dreaded disease that we know is cancer.” Nelson was speaking at an event held …
ISS Scientists Make Headway In Cancer Research: ‘We’re NASA, We Do Moonshots’. Read More »
The solar system’s tiniest planet may be hiding a big secret. Using data from NASA‘s MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that a 10-mile-thick diamond mantle may lie beneath the crust of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. Mercury has long puzzled scientists as it possesses many qualities that aren’t common to other solar system …
Mercury Has a Layer of Diamond 10 Miles Thick, NASA Spacecraft Finds. Read More »
An astronaut crew’s rocket made its last major journey on Earth before blasting off for the moon. The core stage of Artemis 2‘s rocket came to NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (July 23). The rocket stage was offloaded from NASA’s Pegasus barge, which shipped the rocket stage 900 miles (1,450 km) …
Watch NASA’s Massive Artemis 2 Rocket Core Stage Arrive In Florida. Read More »
Your internet connection today is brought to you by space. No, that’s not an ad from a science fiction movie; it’s the reality now thanks to SpaceX‘s ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites. In June, SpaceX introduced its new version of its satellite internet antenna, providing users the option to have an on the go service …
SpaceX Makes Starlink Roam Available Throughout The US. Read More »
Russia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for building its newest space station and associated Earth-based infrastructure, with the first modules expected to launch within three years. On July 2, the leadership of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos described their upcoming to create the nation’s newest space station, currently known as the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), …
Russia Unveils Timeline For Building Its New Space Station, Starting In 2027. Read More »
ABL Space Systems will have to wait a while to conduct its second-ever orbital launch. The California-based startup has been prepping its RS1 rocket for a test flight, which will lift off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. But that vehicle is no longer in any condition to earn its wings. “After a pre-flight …
ABL Space System’s 2nd RS1 Rocket Destroyed During Preflight Testing. Read More »
