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Perseverance Rover Rumbles Off the Launchpad to Mars
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is now successfully on its journey to Mars, launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at…
Once Starship Prototypes are Done Exploding, we could see an Orbital Launch this Year
According to a leaked internal email, SpaceX is all-in on the development of the Starship, which the company's chief engineer…
If Rockets were Transparent: Video Shows You How Rockets Use up Their Propellant
I always remember hearing the comparison of how the Space Shuttle’s main engines would drain an average family swimming pool…
Third Falcon Heavy Launch Blasts 24 Payloads Into Orbit Including a Solar Sail. Doesn’t Quite Stick the Landing
In what Elon Musk is calling their "most difficult" mission so far, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket for the…
Good News: a SpaceX Cargo Resupply is Off to the Space Station. Bad News: Failed Hydraulics in the Grid Fins Caused the First Stage Booster to Crash Into the Ocean
SpaceX's sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft to orbit, but the first stage didn't quite…
Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency…
Here’s What Really Happened to That Camera That Melted During a Rocket Launch
Footage obtained from Bill Ingall's melted camera shows exactly how flames triggered by the launch it was covering consumed the…
Station Astronauts Unload Cygnus Science; Antares Launch Gallery
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now busily unloading nearly four tons of…
Antares Rocket Blasts Off from Virginia Bound for Space Station with Cygnus Cargo Ship and Tons of Vital Science Supplies
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – An Orbital ATK Antares rocket successfully blasted off this morning, Sunday, Nov. 12, from…
The SpaceX Booster is Back in Town, Legs Quickly Detached: Photo/Video Gallery
PORT CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - ‘The SpaceX boosters back in town! The boosters back in town!’ paraphrasing the popular…