Space Flight
The Prototype for the Starship has been Assembled, Hop Tests Could be Happening Soon
In an announcement sure to make you quiver with delight, Elon Musk says that SpaceX could begin short-hop test flights…
Prototype Version of the SpaceX Starship with a Stainless Steel Skin is Under Construction
Elon Musk recently provided updates on the mini-Starship prototype that will making a test flight next year, including the fact…
Going 1 Million Miles per Hour With Advanced Propulsion
Advanced propulsion breakthroughs are near. Spacecraft have been stuck at slow chemical rocket speeds for years and weak ion drive…
Virgin Orbit Shows off its “Launcher One”, a Rocket Carried by an Airplane
The commercial space sector is about to get a little more crowded. SpaceX and Blue Origin have created headlines with…
Russia and China Are Working on Space and Counterspace Weapons
According to the Department of National Intelligence's (DNI) 2018 report, China and Russia could be developing technologies that will give…
Finally! SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Does its Static Fire Test. Actual Flight Should Be “In A Week Or So”
We've been anticipating this for a long time: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has completed its first Static Fire Test. Should launch…
S.S Gene Cernan Honoring Last Moonwalker Arrives at International Space Station Carrying Tons of Research Gear and Supplies
The S.S. Gene Cernan Cygnus spacecraft named in honor of the Apollo 17 lunar landing commander and launched by Orbital…
NASA’s Next-Generation Spaceplane Passes Free Flight Test
NASA's next-generation spaceplane - the Dream Chaser - recently passed a flight test, which consisted of a glide test and…
Musk’s Era of Routinely Re-flown Rockets (ala SpaceX) a ‘Major Sea Change Getting Closer Every Day’ Says SES CTO Halliwell: SES-11 Launch Gallery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Elon Musk’s extraordinary vision of an era when re-flown rockets are offered as a ‘routine…
SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific with 2 Tons of NASA Space Station Science
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Concluding a month long stay at the International Space Station (ISS) a SpaceX Dragon cargo…