Commercial Space
SpaceShipTwo Pilot’s Survival is Miraculous
In this reporter's initial article for Universe Today on the SpaceShipTwo accident, it was already clear that the survival of…
Soviet Era Engines Likely Caused Antares Catastrophic Rocket Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing last week’s catastrophic failure of an Antares commercial rocket moments after liftoff,…
Antares Explosion Investigation Focuses on First Stage Propulsion Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing the Antares launch disaster are focusing on clues pointing to a failure…
NTSB Discovers Possible Pilot Error in SpaceShipTwo Investigation
In a press conference at the Mojave Air and Sport Port Sunday evening, acting NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart revealed preliminary…
Update: One Survivor, One Fatality in Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Flight Accident
Officials from Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites have confirmed one of the pilots was killed and another was injured in…
BREAKING: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Suffers ‘In-flight Anomaly,’ Crashes in Test Flight
According to reports on Twitter, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo exploded in midflight, and debris was seen scattered on ground in the…
Launch Pad Damage Discernible in Aftermath of Catastrophic Antares Launch Failure – Exclusive Photos
Damage is visible to Launch Pad 0A following catastrophic failure of Orbital Sciences Antares rocket moments after liftoff from NASA’s…
A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”
Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…
Antares Launch Calamity Unfolds – Dramatic Photo Sequence
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket explodes violently and is consumed in a gigantic aerial fireball seconds after blastoff from NASA’s Wallops…
NASA Releases Photos of Aftermath of Launchpad Explosion
NASA released images of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia following the catastrophic failure of…