SpaceX has conducted a critical test firing of all nine core stage engines of its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of an early-Monday/late-Sunday scheduled launch of the CRS-9 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver food and supplies to the Station crew as well as vital experiments and a new commercial vehicle docking adaptor to the orbital lab.
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The first man to step foot on the Moon, Neil Armstrong has passed away at…
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NASA’s newly restructured Advisory Council is holding its inaugural meeting in Washington DC, as it…
The International Space Station is in the midst of a transitional period, with the crew…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket is rapidly advancing through the much-needed paperwork to bring the massive rocket…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a talk to employees inside the Starfactory, laying out the…
