An image of the Apollo 11 rocket was projected onto the Washington Monument, Tuesday, July 16, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch into space. The Saturn V rocket left the Kennedy Space Station in Florida, July 16, 1969, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
5/15/2017
SpaceX Inmarsat 5 Launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 just launched its sixth Falcon 9 rocket of the year, sending a communications satellite into orbit for the company Inmarsat. But don’t expect one of the company’s signature landings after launch this time. Unlike most of its missions these days, SpaceX will not try to recover
9/07/2016
Internet spots UFO in SpaceX explosion footage
Sometimes real life isn't exciting enough on its own and people feel the need to embellish it with aliens. Some UFO enthusiasts saw footage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploding during a test-firing last week and kicked things up to sci-fi status with the sighting of a mysterious
The Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have A Cryovolcano
Ceres is currently being orbited by the Dawn spacecraft, and according to some new studies from the Dawn team, a 13,000-foot mountain called Ahuna Mons might not even be a mountain, but a cryovolcano. This assumption is made because of the surface temperature on Ceres that hovers around
OSIRIS-REx cleared for Thursday launch
NASA managers have given their approval for the launch Sept. 8 of an Atlas 5 carrying a spacecraft that will travel to a nearby asteroid, collect samples and return them to Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission passed a launch readiness
SpaceX may turn to other launch pads when rocket flights resume
SpaceX says launch pad 39A, last used by the space shuttle program in 2011, should be ready for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches in November. Credit: NASA Ground crews could face months of cleanup and repairs to SpaceX’s primary launch pad at Cape Canaveral after a rocket explosion
Report warns of additional commercial crew delays
Technical problems could delay the beginning of regular flights by SpaceX's Crew Dragon (left) and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner until at least late 2018. Credit: SpaceX artist's concept and Boeing The two companies developing commercial crew transportation systems for NASA are experiencing problems that will likely push back the
India’s GSLV booster set to launch INSAT-3DR weather satellite
The fully integrated GSLV-F05 carrying INSAT-3DR approaches the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Photo Credit: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). It will carry into orbit an advanced weather satellite
Space Center Houston Removing Mock Shuttle Nose
Space Center Houston is removing its nearly 25-year-old mock space shuttleAdventure to make way for a new exhibit about the future of Mars exploration. For almost 25 years, visitors entering Space Center Houston have been greeted by the sight of a space shuttle emerging from between two doors.
Record-Setting Astronaut Lands with Two Cosmonauts from Space Station
Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after circling the Earth 2,752 times. Still strapped into the confined space of the Soyuz Entry Module,
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