SpaceX

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation. A SpaceX webcast showed the rocket's upper stage deploying the satellites a little over an hour after the 9:12 a.m. liftoff from Vandenberg…

SpaceX is due to launch Friday its second load of Starlink satellites in a week. The rocket company, owned by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, is aiming to launch 50 of the internet-beaming satellites into low Earth orbit at 12:12 p.m. ET on February 25th. If conditions are not right, then…

SpaceX has to wait until March 28th to find out if the Federal Aviation Administration is giving it clearance to launch Starship flights out of its facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The agency is conducting an environmental assessment of the company's plans to launch the massive reusable vehicle out of…

Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA? Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus…

Updated 2 months ago · Published on 15 Feb 2022 9:20AM · Nasa will attempt to observe the crater that will be formed by the explosion of a rocket on the lunar surface on March 4. – EPA pic, February 15, 2022. ASTRONOMY experts say they originally misread the secrets…

The item that you have requested was not found. Possible causes: The address was entered incorrectly The item no longer exists There has been an error on the site If you feel the address you entered is correct you can contact us, mentioning the error message received and the item…

SpaceX won't just have launched first all-civilian spaceflight — it should soon be home to a full-fledged private space program. According to The Washington Post, Shift4 founder and Inspiration4 leader Jared Isaacman has unveiled a Polaris Program initiative that will include "up to" three crewed SpaceX flights. The first, Polaris…

Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gilles pose with prototypes of Starship vehicles in South Texas. The four will fly into orbit on the Polaris Dawn mission. Credit: Polaris Program / John Kraus Jared Isaacman, the billionaire businessman who bankrolled the first human space mission with all private…

by Jeff Foust — February 13, 2022 A Long March 3C launches the Chang'e-5 T1 spacecraft in October 2014. The upper stage from the launch is now thought to be the object that will hit the far side of the moon in March. Credit: Xinhua WASHINGTON — In a case…

Home News Spaceflight This is a still frame from the short film "A Trip to the Moon." (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/Georges Melies)This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. David Rothery is a professor of planetary geosciences at The Open University.…