SpaceX banned from launching Falcon 9 rockets due to capsized first stage
Yesterday, for the first time in three years, the return stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced an accident during landing of the return stage. At the same time,…
The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket capsized during landing on its record 23rd flight.
Today at 03:38 local time (10:38 Moscow time) a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink satellites on board took off from Cape Canaveral. This was SpaceX’s 83rd launch this year,…
SpaceX has delayed the launch of the historic Polaris Dawn mission with space tourists until at least August 30 due to bad weather
The historic Polaris Dawn mission carrying space tourists was originally scheduled to launch on August 26, but the company responsible for it, SpaceX, moved it up a day to conduct…
The NASA platform for launching a rocket with astronauts to the Moon has risen in price five times and will be assembled late
The latest audit of NASA’s activities has revealed a new failure. The inspector’s report indicates that the mobile launcher (ML-2) ordered by NASA to launch the SLS rocket with astronauts…
SpaceX ready to send emergency alerts via Starlink satellite cellular service
SpaceX said its Starlink Direct to Cell technology, which allows regular smartphones to connect directly to satellites, could be used for emergency alerts in remote regions where regular cellular coverage…
Blue Origin will launch tourists to the edge of space for the eighth time on August 29
The private aerospace company Blue Origin has scheduled its eighth tourist suborbital launch for August 29, writes Space.com. It will be carried out from the company’s launch pad in West…
The launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the Polaris Dawn mission was delayed by a day due to a helium leak.
The launch of the historic Polaris Dawn mission, which will carry out the first-ever private spacewalk from the SpaceX Crew Dragon, has been postponed for another day. This time, the…
The first launch of the Blue Origin New Glenn heavy rocket will take place in October – two NASA satellites will be delivered into space
Earlier this year, Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle was installed for the first time on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida for ground testing. Now it has…
NASA’s DART mission has helped us learn more about the geophysics underlying asteroid formation and evolution.
In 2022, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducted the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, in which the spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. The purpose of…
Boeing will not have time to complete all manned Starliner launches before the ISS is decommissioned
Ten years ago, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected Boeing as one of the primary developers of spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Now…