AvatarWolfeplay SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype collapsed on itself this weekend Engadget - Christine FisherElon Musk is on a roll with jokes about the incident. Another SpaceX test ended in failure this past weekend. A prototype of the company's Starship rocket, SN1, imploded in a pressure test late Friday
AvatarWolfe Elon Musk tells a room full of Air Force pilots: 'The fighter jet era has passed' CNBC - Amanda Macias ORLANDO, Fla., — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk predicted Friday that the future of war would be carried out by autonomous drones and not by legacy …
AvatarWolfe SpaceX wins the $117 million launch contract to explore Psyche’s heavy metal asteroid – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberSpaceX has won the launch contract for NASA’s 2022 mission to explore the mineral-rich asteroid known as Psyche, the space agency announced today, including launch services and other mission-related costs
AvatarWolfe Space Force head slams Russia for trailing US spy satellite dailymail.co.uk - By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com A top Space Force official has lashed out at Russia for trailing a US spy satellite with two spacecraft. Gen John Raymond, the chief of space …
AvatarWolfe NASA, SpaceX prepare for Falcon 9 rocket to explode over the Atlantic CNET - Eric Mack To test its Crew Dragon's ability to escape an emergency, SpaceX must make a sacrifice.
AvatarWolfeSpaceX SpaceX must launch 1,000 Starships to build city on Mars, CNET - Sean Keane We'll need "a thousand ships" to get it done, says SpaceX's chief. He expects each Starship launch to cost just over 1% of what NASA spends.
AvatarWolfeFarming How to Feed a Mars Colony of 1 Million People space.com - Charles Q. Choi What might it take to feed a million people on Mars? Lab-grown meat, tunnel-grown crops and cricket farms, a new study finds. When it comes to plans …
AvatarWolfe SpaceX: how Elon Musk plans to power Mars' space-age fuel depots Inverse - Mike Brown SpaceX’s manned mission to Mars is taking shape. But much like any long road trip, a key question is emerging: where do we stop for fuel? For Elon …
AvatarWolfe Inside NASA's plan to use Martian dirt to build houses on Mars Popular Science - Megan GannonIf humans want to create a lasting presence on the Red Planet, they’ll have to learn to live off the land. Jeffrey Montes stands high on a ladder in the middle of a dirt-floored arena, squinting at the
AvatarWolfe SpaceX Crew Dragon: here’s what the spacesuit will look like Inverse - Mike Brown SpaceX is about to send NASA astronauts into space, and it’s going to do it in style. The Crew Dragon spacesuit, intended for SpaceX-supported …
AvatarWolfeSpaceX SpaceX Starship potential Mars landing sites uncovered in NASA images CNET - Amanda Kooser NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps images of some sweet vacation spots on the Red Planet.
AvatarWolfe China's lunar rover has found something weird on the moon's far side NBC News - By Andrew Jones, Space.comThe discovery prompted scientists to postpone other plans and focus instead on trying to figure out what the substance is. China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, "gel-like"
AvatarWolfeNASA NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. It'll be the first aircraft to fly on another planet CNN - By Scottie Andrew, CNN(CNN) — Before humans make it to Mars, NASA will send a helicopter to scope out the terrain. Engineers attached a helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover ahead of its launch next summer. And if it flies successfully,
AvatarWolfe Russian spacecraft carrying robot fails to dock with space station Reuters - by Polina DevittMOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing a live broadcast. FEDOR
AvatarWolfe See SpaceX's new spacesuits on the first astronauts to wear them CNET - Eric Mack Crew Dragon might not fly until next year, but NASA astronauts are getting comfy in new SpaceX duds.
AvatarWolfe Top general says SpaceX may have just changed space defense americanmilitarynews.com - Lee Roop A top American general told a defense conference in Alabama today that Elon Musk’s SpaceX may have just “completely changed our ability” to sense …
AvatarWolfeSpace Exploration Watch a SpaceX Rocket Generate 2 Sonic Booms and Land in This Amazing Video space.com - Mike Wall Maybe you've gotten a bit blasé about rocket landings. SpaceX has pulled off more than 40 of them during orbital launches, after all, and Blue Origin …
AvatarWolfe SpaceX: Why 4 Innocuous Panels on the Dragon Capsule Are Critical to Mars Inverse - Mike Brown Nestled on SpaceX’s Thursday mission to the International Space Station, a component that could one day help send humans to Mars was quietly being …
AvatarWolfeplay Spacecraft designed to ride on sunlight deploys its reflective solar sail The Verge - Loren GrushOn July 23rd, a tiny spacecraft in orbit around Earth unfurled a thin sheet of mylar that’s the area of a boxing ring. The result is a reflective sail that rides not on wind, but on light from the Sun
AvatarWolfeElon Musk Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Boost the Power of Its Huge Super Heavy Rocket space.com - Mike Wall SpaceX's Mars-colonizing rocket will be even more powerful than we had thought. The Super Heavy megabooster, which will launch SpaceX's 100-passenger …
AvatarWolfe Elon Musk Says SpaceX's Starhopper Prototype Survived Fireball, May Fly Next Week space.com - Mike Wall Starhopper apparently made it through its unplanned trial by fire just fine. The vehicle, a prototype of SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft, …
AvatarWolfeStarlink 'Not Good Enough' - SpaceX Reveals That 5% Of Its Starlink Satellites Have Failed In Orbit So Far Forbes - Jonathan O'CallaghanSpaceX says that three of its 60 controversial Starlink satellites have failed in orbit, as the company moves towards the first broadcasting test of its ambitious space internet constellation. In a statement,
AvatarWolfe SpaceX is in communication with all but three of 60 Starlink satellites one month after launch The Verge - Loren GrushIt’s been over a month since SpaceX launched its first batch of 60 internet-beaming satellites for the company’s massive Starlink initiative, and all but three of the satellites seem to be working as Initially,
AvatarWolfe Nasa is headed for a giant asteroid that contains enough gold to make everyone on Earth a billionaire scotsman.com - Rhona Shennan The asteroid was named after the nymph Psyche, who married Cupid (Photo: NASA) Comprising mainly of metallic iron and nickel, similar to the Earth’s …
AvatarWolfe How to Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launch a Solar Sail Tonight WIRED - Daniel Oberhaus A Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to carry the LightSail2 into orbit tonight. It is the most ambitious solar sail yet. At about 2:30 am ET Tuesday …
AvatarWolfe The next Falcon Heavy launch is arguably the most exciting one to date Popular Science - Neel PatelNot one, not two, but 24 payloads are going up into orbit SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch is set for Monday, and it will undoubtedly be the Falcon Heavy’s most exciting and most challenging mission date.
AvatarWolfe What to Expect When LightSail 2 Launches into Space space.com - Jason Davis Update, June 24 at 9:20 p.m. EDT: SpaceX has announced they are now targeting a 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) launch time, three hours into their original …
AvatarWolfeStarlink Elon Musk: SpaceX's Bright Starlink Satellites Won't Ruin the Night Sky space.com - Tariq Malik The brilliant "train" in the night sky that is SpaceX's first 60 Starlink satellites has wowed some skywatchers, but it also sparked concern among …
AvatarWolfe We’re building that lunar gateway, and this is exactly how NASA is going to do it SYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne NASA’s Artemis mission (not to mention missions that eventually use the moon as a launch pad to Mars) isn’t going to be possible without the Lunar …
