Space Exploration Technologies
SpaceX Announces Plan to Launch Private Dragon Mission to Mars in 2018
SpaceX announced plans today, April 27, for the first ever private mission to Mars which involves sending an uncrewed version…
Recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Moves Back to KSC for Eventual Reflight
The recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster that successfully carried out history’s first upright touchdown from a just flown…
Space Station Gets Experimental New Room with Installation of BEAM Expandable Habitat
The International Space Station (ISS) grew in size today, April 16, following the successful installation of an experimental new room…
Sensational Photos Show ‘Super Smooth’ Droneship Touchdown of SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster – SpaceX VP
SpaceX has released a slew of up close photos showing the sensational “super smooth” touchdown last week of a Falcon…
Hawking Supports Tiny Spacecraft To Alpha Centauri
Stephen Hawking supports a plan to send tiny nano-spacecraft to the Centauri system within a generation.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Recovered 1st Stage Arrives Back in Port After Historic Upright Landing at Sea
The SpaceX Falcon 9 that triumphantly accomplished history’s first upright landing of the spent first stage of a rocket on…
SpaceX Dragon Carrying New Inflatable Room Captured and Mated to Space Station
A SpaceX commercial cargo freighter jam packed with more than three and a half tons of research experiments, essential crew…
SpaceX Launches to ISS with BEAM Habitat Prototype and Lands First Stage At Sea
All around, today, April 8, was a great day for the future of space exploration. SpaceX successfully restarted their critical…
It’s Going To Be A Blast! First RS-25 Flight Engine Test Set For March
The first flight test for the RS-25 rocket engine, which will power NASA's Space Launch System, is set for March…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Dazzles with Dramatic SES-9 Sunset Launch – Photo/Video Gallery
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - SpaceX’s Falcon 9 finally put on a dazzling sky show after the commercial…