Rocket Lab’s first step towards SpaceX-style rocket reuse set for next Electron launch
Just over a year ago, Rocket Lab announced intentions to recover the first-stage of its small Electron launch vehicle, potentially…
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Rocket Lab “In Focus” mission ready to launch after scrubbed first attempt
On Wednesday, October 21, Rocket Lab held a launch countdown ahead of the fifteenth mission of its small rocket, Electron.…
4 years ago
SpaceX Starlink internet seeks final approvals to serve Australia
SpaceX has begun applying for Starlink gateway licenses in at least four Australian cities - Broken Hill, Boorowa, Wagin, and…
4 years ago
NASA prepares to collect asteroid samples next week in deep space OSIRIS-REx mission
NASA currently has an orbiter circling the asteroid Bennu about 200 million miles from Earth, and a live streamed attempt…
4 years ago
SpaceX, Elon Musk to headline HBO biopic series by Channing Tatum production company
HBO is developing a biopic-style show focused on the achievements of Elon Musk and SpaceX, specifically highlighting the company's successful…
4 years ago
SpaceX partners with US military to study using rockets for worldwide cargo delivery
SpaceX has partnered with the U.S. Military to study joint cargo transportation efforts using the private spaceflight company's Starship rockets.…
4 years ago
SpaceX’s Elon Musk entertains ‘Flag of Mars’ featuring Falcon 9
SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk have their sights set on taking humans to Mars in the near future, and…
4 years ago
NASA adorns Artemis Moon rocket with vintage worm logo after SpaceX flight debut
NASA's famous worm logo will accompany astronauts on their way to the Moon under the agency's Artemis program. The vintage…
4 years ago
Mars study reveals subsurface water in Red Planet’s vast lake system
Researchers working with data from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter have detected four subsurface lakes at the planet's…
4 years ago
Astronomers discover possible 60s-era Moon rocket booster heading back to Earth
On August 19th this year, astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) observatory in Hawaii spotted…
4 years ago
NASA confirms the Sun’s new solar cycle; Moon and Mars missions will have to adapt
NASA just announced that our Sun began a new solar cycle this year - its 25th to be exact -…
4 years ago
Mars has competition from Venus after new study shows signs of life
NASA and SpaceX are simultaneously planning their trips to Mars and the Moon, but a recent study published in Nature…
4 years ago
NASA wants you to dig up stuff on the Moon in pursuit of lunar exploration architecture
As part of NASA's ramp up to its Artemis Moon mission in 2024, a few technologies are being sought out…
4 years ago
SpaceX Starlink beta latency results on par with fixed broadband in recent tests
In a letter to the FCC last week regarding a request for modification of their Ku/Ka-band license, SpaceX included a…
4 years ago
Tesla Roadster and ‘friends’ make history in newly-published log of 57k+ human objects in space
When the Tesla Roadster and its Starman occupant entered space aboard Falcon Heavy's maiden voyage in 2018, it joined the…
4 years ago
NASA’s Insight Mars lander rescue operation makes progress saving ‘stuck’ probe
The scientists running NASA's Insight Mars lander found themselves attempting a rescue operation for the mission when one of its…
4 years ago
NASA’s Artemis Moon mission hits important milestone with successful full-scale booster test
NASA's upcoming Artemis mission to the Moon hit an important milestone today by successfully ground testing a full-scale version of…
4 years ago
Mars as an Earth-like planet in the past not likely, according to new study
Many of Earth's citizens have their eyes set on Mars as a planet prime for human colonization, and much of…
4 years ago
ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket set for National Reconnaissance Office spysat launch
The massive United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket last launched from Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape…
4 years ago
NASA captures closest asteroid flyby of Earth ever recorded
Over this past weekend, an SUV-sized asteroid passed Earth in the closest flyby of its type on record. Traveling at…
4 years ago