The Vergeflipped into The VergeNASA NASA will fly Orion deep-space crew capsule "as is," despite failed component verified_publisherThe Verge - Loren GrushNASA is opting to fly its future deep-space crew capsule Orion “as is” next year, after the agency discovered that one of the spacecraft’s power instruments had suffered a failure. Engineers had been over...
Larryflipped into More Stuff . . .SpaceX SpaceX releases a cool test flight video for Starship, or possibly a flying water bottle verified_publisherMashable - Tim MarcinSpaceX, with relatively little pomp and circumstance, carried out another successful test flight for its Starship, the company's vehicle aimed at long-distance space flight. The launch and 150-meter test...
JBflipped into Space UnitesArianespace Sadly, none of the big rockets we hoped to see fly in 2020 actually will verified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger Which will fly first: NASA's SLS rocket or SpaceX's Super Heavy booster? This was supposed to be the year of the big rocket. At one point, as many as …
The Vergeflipped into The VergeEngines SpaceX flies Starship prototype rocket to highest altitude yet — but doesn’t stick the landing verified_publisherThe Verge - Loren GrushDuring a test flight on Wednesday, SpaceX flew a prototype of its next generation Starship rocket to its highest height yet in the skies above Texas — but failed to stick the landing, with the vehicle...
Digital Trendsflipped into Digital TrendsMars Express Meet Ingenuity: The high-tech helicopter designed to fly on Mars verified_publisherDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet When NASA launches the Perseverance rover on its trip to Mars this week, it will have a companion tucked next to it in the Atlas V rocket’s nose …
Ars Technicaflipped into Ars TechnicaSpaceX It’s happening: Starship may fly to 15km as early as Friday verified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger For this test, Starship will ascend above nearly 90 percent of the atmosphere. SpaceX has taken a key step toward getting a green light to fly its …
Sandy Smithflipped into NewsSpaceX Musk: SpaceX Starship Prototype Could Fly 'Soon' - ExtremeTech ExtremeTech - Ryan Whitwam SpaceX has a good thing going with the Falcon 9. It has almost perfected landings, allowing it to reuse the boosters, and NASA has certified the …
Avatarcrosscourierflipped into Tech TidbitsSpaceX Starship Try flying the SpaceX Starship rocket with this new iOS flight simulator Input - Tom Maxwell X-Plane: Starship gives a sense of the challenges involved in reaching the stars. SpaceX hopes that sometime in the not-too-distant future, its …
United Press Internationalflipped into Latest NewsSpaceX SpaceX flies Starship rocket; it crash lands on launch pad United Press International - Paul Brinkmann Dec. 9 (UPI) -- SpaceX sent its new-generation Starship rocket into the Texas sky just before sunset Wednesday and and saw it crash-land in a massive …
Business Insiderflipped into Top StoriesVirgin GalacticVirgin Galactic aims to fly its first human mission from Spaceport America in November, and NASA's sending some science along verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Susie NeilsonVirgin Galactic expects to launch its a human mission from Spaceport America between November 19 and 23, according to a press release issued by the company on Thursday. The flight wouldn't be Virgin Galactic's...
Live Scienceflipped into LiveScienceSpaceX Starship Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years Live Science - Hanneke Weitering SpaceX is almost ready to start building a permanent human settlement on Mars with its massive Starship rocket. The private spaceflight company is on …
United Press Internationalflipped into Latest NewsSpaceX Watch live: SpaceX will try to fly Starship again United Press International - Paul Brinkmann Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to try again on Wednesday to fly a prototype of the company's 160-foot-highl Mars rocket, Starship, miles …
Stan Relihanflipped into SCIENCE | SPACENASA Virgin Orbit to fly 11 satellites for NASA on second orbital launch demo later this year verified_publisherTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonVirgin Orbit’s first attempt at an orbital launch demo may not have gone entirely to plan (the LauncherOne rocket released as planned but its flight was cut short just after that), but it has booked a...
The New York Timesflipped into ScienceAirlines Is It Safe to Fly During the Coronavirus Pandemic? verified_publisherThe New York Times - Tariro MzezewaA day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving, more than one million people in the United States got on planes, marking the second day that more...
Ars Technicaflipped into Ars TechnicaSpace Rocket Report: Astra reaches space, Europe takes step toward reuse by 2030 verified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger "We've fallen below the number of staff we feel we require." Welcome to Edition 3.26 of the Rocket Report! Even though we're nearing the end of 2020, …
Associated Pressflipped into Health and ScienceSpace SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout Associated Press - MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three...
BBC Newsflipped into WorldMars The first aircraft to fly on another planet bbc.co.ukThis small helicopter is set to be the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Ingenuity is a 1.8kg (4lb) helicopter that will ride to Mars attached to the belly of Nasa's Perseverance Rover and is due...
Avatarcrosscourierflipped into The Universal Curiosity ShopSolar System Hovering, Flying and Hopping Across the Solar System discovermagazine.com - Corey S. Powell NASA's Mars helicopter is about to take space travel where it has never gone before. If you're like most people, you've dreamed of flying (studies …
