Commercial Space

SpaceX’s Space Coast Launch Facilities Escape Hurricane Matthew’s Wrath, May Resume Launches this Year

SpaceX’s key launch facilities on the Florida Space Coast escaped the wrath of Hurricane Matthew’s 100 mph wind gusts late…

8 years ago

New Shepard Defies The Odds And Sticks Landing

Blue Origin successfully conducted an in-flight test of the New Shepard crew escape system on Wednesday. A live webcast featured…

8 years ago

Odds Are Blue Origin Launch Test Will End In Fiery Destruction: Watch Live

The last time an in-flight escape system test for a crew capsule took place was during the Apollo program, in…

8 years ago

The Questions After Musk’s Mars Speech Were Bizarre & Cringeworthy

Some of the questions Elon Musk fielded at his recent presentation were truly embarrassing. But he handled it well.

8 years ago

Apollo 11 Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Talks to Universe Today about ‘Destination Mars’

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - Sending humans on a ‘Journey to Mars’ and developing strategies and hardware to…

8 years ago

Ready Or Not, Musk Is Dragging Us Into Interplanetary Species Status

Today, Elon Musk elaborated on his plans to make humanity a planet-faring species. We've known for a long time that…

8 years ago

Musk Looks Confidently Past Mars With Interplanetary Transport System

Elon Musk is suggesting that SpaceX's Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) can go a lot further than Mars. What does this…

8 years ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 Failure Investigation ‘Most Difficult’ Ever: Musk

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - More than a week after the catastrophic launch pad explosion that eviscerated a…

8 years ago

SES Boldly Goes Where No Firm Has Gone Before, Inks Deal to Fly on 1st SpaceX ‘Flight-Proven’ Booster

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — The telecommunications giant SES is boldly going where no company has gone before by making history…

8 years ago

Sea Landed SpaceX Falcon 9 Sails Back into Port Canaveral: Gallery

PORT CANAVERAL, FL — Rocket recycling continues apace as the latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to successfully launch a payload…

8 years ago