When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: SpaceX SpaceX aims to quickly return to Falcon 9 launches after its payload rocket suffered a rare malfunction during a satellite launch last week. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received a request SpaceX To continue the launch on… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A next-generation weather satellite has left its home planet behind. Following concerns that weather conditions would not be suitable, an excellent window of opportunity opened today (June 25) for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-R series Earth observation… Read More »
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after takeoff Monday, state media reported; leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes of establishing a satellite to monitor the United States and South Korea have been dashed. Monday’s botched launch came hours after the leaders of… Read More »
Written by: Joe Skipper, Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly its entire test flight into space on its third attempt on Thursday, traveling farther than ever before, only to break up when it returned. Soil. During… Read More »
The SaxaVord spaceport, located in the Shetland Islands off the north coast of Scotland, has officially become Western Europe’s first licensed spaceport with vertical rocket launch capability. SaxaVord, located on the island of Unst in the northernmost part of the Shetland archipelago, received its license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Sunday 17… Read More »