To say 11 April 2019 was a banner day for SpaceX would be an understatement. The private space company that has soared into the public’s imagination and trust not only succeeded in launching its Falcon Heavy rocket – the most powerful currently operational rocket in the world – on its first commercial flight, but also – just 70 minutes before that launch – secured yet another first: the launch contract for the first-ever spacecraft impact asteroid redirect mission.
Launched in 2012, NASA’s twin Van Allen radiation belt probes have been swinging through the…
On December 3, 2018, after a journey that started on September 8, 2016, with a…
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has won a major contract from the U.S. Air Force to…
SpaceX is finishing its years-long campaign to return Launch Pad 39A to crew operations. Following…
On September 29th, 2017, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled detailed plans of the Big Falcon…
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine is continuing to beat out its younger competitors, winning another future…
With two flights of Cygnus under their belt for Space Station resupply in 2017, Orbital…
With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
NASA’s “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight)” mission has received another…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Bigelow Aerospace have updated their future plans via an agreement…
United Launch Alliance’s clandestine Atlas V launch in support of the US National Reconnaissance Office…
SpaceX is deep into pre-launch preparations for two upcoming missions that are set to lift…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V rocket on Saturday evening, carrying out the…
The first Orion spacecraft that will be capable of transporting NASA astronauts into deep space…
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the US military Thursday, carrying the X-37B spaceplane…
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, a key milestone…
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is back on…