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US billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others

A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three people with him to circle the globe this year......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgFeb 1st, 2021

SpaceX gets green light for seventh Starship test, but when is it?

The FAA has given the nod to SpaceX to conduct its seventh Starship test from its Starbase site in Texas......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 19th, 2024

Flying this holiday season? Here"s why air travel makes us so cranky—and what to do about it

The holidays are coming, airports are packed and emotions are running high. You've probably seen it or even been part of it: that tense moment when a passenger snaps at a flight attendant, or a near-meltdown over a seat reclining too far. Why does fl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

This is the coolest video you’ll see of a SpaceX Dragon capsule heading home

Watch a spacecraft depart the space station in a way that you've never seen before......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

Report: Elon Musk failed to report movement required by security clearance

No federal agencies have accused Musk of disclosing classified information. A new investigation from The New York Times suggests that SpaceX founder Elon Musk has not been reporti.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

SpaceX aims for 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 20 hours

In a span of about 20 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsDec 17th, 2024

NASA finalizes strategy for sustaining human presence in low Earth orbit

As part of the agency's efforts to enable broader use of space, NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, defining the long-term approach toward advancing microgravity science, technology, and exploration for the benefit o.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 17th, 2024

Blue Origin edges closer to New Glenn rocket’s maiden flight

Blue Origin is set to conduct a wet dress rehearsal ahead of the inaugural flight of the New Glenn rocket, which it wants to perform before the end of the year......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 17th, 2024

Space Florida to discuss secretive $1.8 billion Cape Canaveral launch site project

Could Elon Musk and SpaceX be set to drop $1.8 billion for new launch support facilities in Cape Canaveral?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 16th, 2024

Watch the space station send the first wooden satellite into orbit

NASA has released footage showing the first-ever wooden satellite being deployed to orbit in a study to test its effectiveness as a space material......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 16th, 2024

Japan"s Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again

A startup aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed a rocket launch for the second day running on Sunday, after its first try ended in a mid-air explosion......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 16th, 2024

Watch SpaceX fire up Starship spacecraft engines ahead of 7th test flight

As part of key tests for the Starship's seventh test flight, SpaceX has test fired the spacecraft's engines at the Starbase facility in Texas......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 16th, 2024

Japan space firm postpones second attempt at orbit

A company aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed its rocket launch on Saturday, after its first try ended in a mid-air explosion......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 14th, 2024

Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX"s Starbase site into a Texas city

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 14th, 2024

SpaceX wants its Starbase site to officially become a city

SpaceX’s next mission has nothing to do with rockets. Instead, it’s aiming to turn its Starbase facility into a new Texas city......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 13th, 2024

SpaceX wants to turn its Starbase facility into a new city

SpaceX’s next mission has nothing to do with rockets. Instead, it’s aiming to turn its Starbase facility into a new Texas city......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 13th, 2024

NASA successfully integrates Roman mission"s telescope, instruments

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the Roman payload. Now the team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gree.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 12th, 2024

NASA"s Lucy spacecraft prepares for second Earth gravity assist

On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's atmosphere, passing only about 220 miles (360 kilometers) above the surface. This close flyby will result in a "gravity assist," pu.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 12th, 2024

NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars

Engineers are already beginning to plan for possible follow-on missions. Eleven months after the Ingenuity helicopter made its final flight on Mars, engineers and scientists at NA.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

NASA eyes launching SPHEREx sky-mapping mission in early 2025

NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency's next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx will launch aboard.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

SpaceX video shows awesome power of Starship rocket in new fire test

SpaceX has performed a static fire test of the mighty Super Heavy booster ahead of the seventh test flight of the Starship rocket......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024