NASA management is engaged in deep discussions this week about whether the agency should send its astronauts back to Boeing’s crippled Starliner capsule or use a SpaceX spacecraft to rescue the crew. The agency’s concern about the Starliner, which carried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station in early June,… Read More »
SpaceX quickly launched three Falcon 9 rockets over the weekend, putting 67 Starlink satellites into orbit in three days after receiving approval to resume launches following a rare in-flight failure on July 11. SpaceX kicked off its return to flight early Saturday with the launch of 23 Starlink internet satellites from Kennedy Space Center, followed… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites in orbit ahead of deployment. | Source: SpaceX Satellites in SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation have performed nearly 50,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the past six months, nearly double the number in the previous six… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. EVA spacesuit acceptance testing. | Source: Polaris Program / John Kraus The first private spacewalk in history will bring serious style to space. SpaceX’s privately funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is on track for a launch this summer. The… Read More »
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 »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. International Space Station. | Source: NASA NASA says the International Space Station is scheduled to be replaced in the 2030s, but it will be a long time before the orbiting laboratory officially reaches the end of its life. SpaceX’s… Read More »
SpaceX is building a souped-up version of its cargo Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the International Space Station and perform a controlled re-entry and breakup in a remote part of the ocean after the laboratory is set to retire in 2030, NASA and company officials said Wednesday. The ISS Deorbit Vehicle (DV) will be a one-of-a-kind,… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX will use a powerful, improved capsule to launch the International Space Station out of orbit once the spacious laboratory expires. NASA and Elon Musk’s company outlined a plan Wednesday to incinerate the space station upon re-entry and dump what’s left in the ocean, ideally in early 2031 when it… Read More »
Space travel has evolved tremendously over the last quarter century, moving from government-led missions of exploration to a more dynamic and commercially focused field. In 1999, there were 79 orbital launch attempts, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) tests. Most of the tasks were performed by respected people space shuttleThe Delta and Soyuz rockets are led… Read More »
The SpaceX rocket upper stage engine failure Twenty Starlink internet satellites are stuck in a low, unviable orbit, the Federal Aviation Administration said late Thursday, a situation that will be investigated and will delay at least one and possibly two piloted flights of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets in the coming days. The accident ended… Read More »