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Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this special section where you can read all about the novelties, plans and dreams human kind will use to conquer your planets. Make sure to bookmark this page or follow via RSS if you’re into space exploration, NASA rovers, SpaceX and everything space-related.
Watch Live the Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
Watch Live the Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch

27 May 2020, 19:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX Crew Dragon launch on track for the set date and time, live NASA feed from the John F. Kennedy Space Center attached below

 
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne Ready for Major Mid-Flight Ignition Test
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne Ready for Major Mid-Flight Ignition Test

25 May 2020, 18:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week's Virgin Orbit test will the first calling for the LauncherOne rocket to ignite its engine mid-flight, opening the door for horizontal space launches

 
This Is How Cool Crew Dragon Looks on the Launch Pad
This Is How Cool Crew Dragon Looks on the Launch Pad

25 May 2020, 13:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Elon Musk shares another image of the Crew Dragon on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, its first crewed mission scheduled for May 27

 
Crew Dragon Now Vertical on the Launch Pad for Historic Launch
Crew Dragon Now Vertical on the Launch Pad for Historic Launch

22 May 2020, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On May 27, crewed space launches will return to American soil with the departure of the two-man Demo-2 mission of the Crew Dragon

 
Space Force Launches Secret X-37B Spaceplane for More Orbit Experiments
Space Force Launches Secret X-37B Spaceplane for More Orbit Experiments

17 May 2020, 19:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing's X-37B Space Place departs on its sixth mission, this time operated by the United States Space Force, carrying more experiments to orbit

 
See How Fast Fuel Burns at Liftoff Thanks to Transparent Space Rockets
See How Fast Fuel Burns at Liftoff Thanks to Transparent Space Rockets

15 May 2020, 11:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Transparent space rockets video shows three types of fuels being burned in four past and present space rockets at liftoff

 
NASA 'Nauts to Squeeze through Model X's Falcon Doors en Route to Space Station
NASA 'Nauts to Squeeze through Model X's Falcon Doors en Route to Space Station

14 May 2020, 08:02 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The electric SUV famed for its difficult launch and the reliability issues that ensued is ironically going to be used inside the Kennedy Space Center

 
Space Force Recruitment Video Shows Secret X-37B, Hints at Space Travel
Space Force Recruitment Video Shows Secret X-37B, Hints at Space Travel

7 May 2020, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / United States Space Force releases its first recruitment video, and it is all just as exciting as the organization's work is supposed to be

 
Chinese Are Going to Mars in Search of Heavenly Truth
Chinese Are Going to Mars in Search of Heavenly Truth

26 Apr 2020, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chinese space agency announced the country's first mission to Mars, the Tianwen-1, scheduled to land there before July 2021

 
Antimatter-Powered Spacecraft Still in the Cards for Mission to Proxima Centauri
Antimatter-Powered Spacecraft Still in the Cards for Mission to Proxima Centauri

15 Apr 2020, 08:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hbar Technologies is still working on creating a series of tiny spacecraft that will be powered by antimatter to reach Proxima Centauri

 
Science’s Next Big Idea Is a Death Star-Shaped Telescope on the Moon
Science’s Next Big Idea Is a Death Star-Shaped Telescope on the Moon

14 Apr 2020, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay, a robotics technologist from JPL submitted an idea about a telescope built inside an impact crater on the Moon

 
Astronauts to Flee Crew Dragon on Slidewire Baskets and Mine Resistant Vehicles
Astronauts to Flee Crew Dragon on Slidewire Baskets and Mine Resistant Vehicles

8 Apr 2020, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An emergency egress exercise took place at the beginning of the month on the Launch Complex 39A ahead of the planned Crew Dragon launch

 
Anonymous Bidder Buys Actual $5.6 Million Rocket in Online Auction
Anonymous Bidder Buys Actual $5.6 Million Rocket in Online Auction

8 Apr 2020, 05:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Taking online retail to a whole new level: CASIC subsidiary ExPace sells KZ-1A rocket on Taobao in a livestreamed auction viewed by 2 million people

 
11 Million Humans Are Leaving for Mars in Name
11 Million Humans Are Leaving for Mars in Name

27 Mar 2020, 10:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The names of 10,932,295 humans were inscribed on three fingernail-sized silicon chips and fitted on the rover that would leave this summer for Mars

 
This Is How a Martian Rover Shoots Itself
This Is How a Martian Rover Shoots Itself

23 Mar 2020, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The only functional rover on Mars, Curiosity, sent back 86 photos of itself that got stitched by NASA in a monumental selfie

 
Perseverance Rover Gets Its Martian Rocks Picking Tools
Perseverance Rover Gets Its Martian Rocks Picking Tools

20 Mar 2020, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Adaptive Caching Assembly and the Bit Carousel hardware got installed on the Perseverance rover, mission still a go for now

 
Coronavirus Hits Space Operations, NASA Goes on Lockdown
Coronavirus Hits Space Operations, NASA Goes on Lockdown

20 Mar 2020, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA Michoud Assembly and Stennis Space Center are going to close at the end of this week, work on the SLS and Orion suspended

 
First Astronaut Launch from U.S. Soil in More Than a Decade Set for May
First Astronaut Launch from U.S. Soil in More Than a Decade Set for May

19 Mar 2020, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA sets launch date for the crewed Dragon mission to the ISS for the end of May, pending the evolution on the coronavirus pandemic

 
Perseverance Is the Name of NASA’s New Mars Rover
Perseverance Is the Name of NASA’s New Mars Rover

6 Mar 2020, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2020 Mars Rover gets officially named Perseverance, the name coming from a seventh-grader from Virginia named Alexander Mather

 
SpaceX Starship Implodes During Test, Musk Hints Flex Tape Might Fix It
SpaceX Starship Implodes During Test, Musk Hints Flex Tape Might Fix It

2 Mar 2020, 10:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX's Starship prototype implodes on the launch pad in Boca Chica during a pressure test of liquid nitrogen, Elon Musk downplays the incident