Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. As astronauts and engineers like to say, space is tough, but that has never stopped bright minds from dreaming big. A Seattle-based company has revived NASA’s spaceplane plans, which were abandoned in 2001… Read More »
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has violated environmental regulations by repeatedly releasing pollutants into or near bodies of water in Texas, a state agency’s violation notice said, focusing on the flooding system at the Starbase launch facility. The notice from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) last week comes five months after the Environmental Protection Agency’s… Read More »
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, reached orbital speed for the first time during its historic third test flight from South Texas on Thursday. Hundreds of Spring Break spectators, rocket launch followers and SpaceX fans gathered along the southern shores of South Padre Island and surrounding… Read More »
SpaceX sent another crew of four to the International Space Station tonight (March 3). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 10:53 PM EST tonight (0353 GMT, March 4) with four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-8 mission. . The rocket’s two stages separated… Read More »
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad. This photo was taken from SpaceX’s live broadcast on X.SpaceX This year, the world has achieved many great successes in the space race. These included SpaceX sending its most powerful rocket into space and India reaching the moon. Here’s everything you need to know to… Read More »