SpaceX's fully-stacked Starship rocket met a dramatic end during its first test flight when it exploded four minutes into its journey. The uncrewed rocket had a successful liftoff, but experienced failure in stage separation during the flight test, causing it to lose altitude and begin to tumble. * As a precautionary...
UPDATE: SpaceX scrubbed the launch, citing a frozen pressurization valve. The company said it will wait at least 48 hours before making another launch attempt. ---------------------------------------- The wait is over! SpaceX's colossal Starship and Super Heavy booster are set to launch today at 9 a.m. EDT from Starbase in...
Researchers at the University of Florida have managed to grow plants [https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/lunar-plants/] in soil obtained from the Moon for the first time. They used samples collected in the Apollo 11, 12, and 17 missions. * They received a mere 12 grams of lunar regolith out...
San Francisco-based Orbit Fab, a startup aiming to build a network of orbital gas stations, announced its plans to launch the first propellant tanker to geostationary orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 lunar lander mission scheduled between late 2022 and early 2023. The tanker will be able to store more...
SpaceX is building its first floating spaceport platform and plans to start hosting launches as early as next year. Dubbed Deimos, the ocean spaceport is one of two converted oil rigs that SpaceX purchased in 2020 with the aim to transform them into launch pads and landing sites for its...
China has confirmed that it has safely landed its first Mars rover, Zhurong, launched into space last July with its Tianwen-1 spacecraft. With this development, China has become the second country to touch down on the surface of Mars after the USA. Before landing, the spacecraft had explored the Mars...
