Photo: Spacex (fake images) SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets into space to to record ninth time on Sunday, making it the first in the company’s fleet to launch …
Read More »Hear Zap Rocks lasers on Mars in Perseverance’s latest shipment
Mosaic view of a Martian rock nicknamed “Yeehgo”, captured by the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover. Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / CNRS / ASU / MSSS Unprecedented …
Read More »Elon Musk explains why the SN10 spacecraft prototype exploded after landing
Photo: Loren Elliott / Freelance Photographer (fake images) The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX spacecraft prototype ended with a successful landing on March 3, and then moments later, it ended a …
Read More »NASA gets a free ride on a Russian rocket
A Soyuz capsule docked to the ISS. Picture: POT An unusual arrangement involving NASA, the Russian space agency and a commercial broker will see an American astronaut fly to the ISS in …
Read More »The Mars Rover landing site is named after science fiction legend Octavia Butler
Perseverance’s landing site on Mars is now called Octavia E. Butler Landing. Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona That magical place in Jezero Crater where NASA’s Perseverance rover made its …
Read More »Japanese billionaire opens SpaceX spacecraft ticket contest
Photo: Mario Tama (fake images) Yusaku Maezawa, the billionaire CEO of Japanese fashion who paid a lot of money to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for the first seats in his Starship spacecraft for …
Read More »Satellite detects NASA’s new rover and its garbage from orbit of Mars
Image from ExoMars showing Perseverance’s landing site on Mars. Picture: ESA / Roscosmos / CaSSIS; recognition P. Grindrod The Perseverance rover, along with various components used during the recent landing, have been …
Read More »SpaceX spacecraft ticket holder teases ‘big update’ for March 2
FILE PHOTO: Yusaku Maezawa in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 9, 2018.Photo: Koji Sasahara (AP) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is anticipating a “big update” for Tuesday, March 2. And while we don’t know …
Read More »FAA ends investigations into crashed SpaceX spacecraft prototypes: report
Photo: Bill Ingalls / NASA (fake images) The Federal Aviation Administration has completed its investigations into SpaceX’s last two Starship prototype tests, named SN8 and SN9, according to CNN’s Jackie Wattles. News …
Read More »Space station pays tribute to ‘Hidden Figures’ math Katherine Johnson
The Northrop Grumman space station supply ship, named SS Katherine Johnson after the late mathematician whose work inspired the movie “Hidden Figures,” was put into orbit on Saturday. Saturday marked the 59th …
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