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UPDATE: Boeing Starliner Spaceship Fails to Reach Orbit for ISS Hook-Up

20 Dec 2019, 14:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing Starliner launches successfully, an error make the ship fail to perform a burn that would have put it on course for the ISS

Boeing Starliner Spaceship First Flight Scheduled for December 17

26 Oct 2019, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American space agency is looking to gather a wealth of data about both the space capsule's and the ground system's performances

Falcon Heavy Takes Off in First Night Launch, Center Core Smashes into the Ocean

25 Jun 2019, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rocket launched in its first night time mission at 2:30 am ET on Tuesday, carrying with it 24 satellites containing a variety of cargo

Falcon Heavy Going for First Night Launch on Monday, Carries Human Ashes [LIVE]

24 Jun 2019, 09:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This is the first time the rocket is scheduled to take off at night and the first for the Heavy using side boosters that were flown before

Orion Spacecraft to Fly on July 2 for Launch Abort Test

21 Jun 2019, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fitted on top of a rocket provided by Northrop Grumman, the Orion will abort launch at 31,000 feet and a speed of 1.3 Mach

Bill Nye to Send LightSail 2 Spacecraft in Orbit Using Falcon Heavy

11 Jun 2019, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bill Nye's LightSail 2 spacecraft to launch at the end of the month inside the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, to attempt orbit movement using solar radiation

Starlink Satellites Are Now Up and Running, Moving to Orbits

3 Jun 2019, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX says Starlink satellites have deployed their solar arrays, generated positive power and communicated with our ground stations

60 Starlink Satellites Are Now in Orbit Ready to Spread Internet Over the World

24 May 2019, 13:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Falcon 9 launches and deliver 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, SpaceX to begin the testing of the technology at it plans for more launches

SpaceX Is a Money Factory for Elon Musk, Logs $2 Billion in 2018

21 May 2019, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Financial services company Jefferies estimates SpaceX had a $2 billion revenue from launches last year, outclassing ULA and Arianespace

SpaceX Admits Crew Dragon Explosion Destroyed the Spacecraft

3 May 2019, 15:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX’s vice president of Build and Flight Reliability Hans Koenigsmann said during a conference the Crew Dragon was destroyed in explosion

Watch Blue Origin New Shepard Ace New Test Flight

2 May 2019, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launched in its 11th mission from Texas, carrying to orbit 38 zero gravity experiments.

New Shepard Rocket to Take Off on May 2 in New Cargo Test Flight

2 May 2019, 09:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin New Shepard rocket scheduled to launch on May 2 carrying to orbit 38 experiments from groups around the world

Falcon Heavy Booster that Fell Overboard Now Ashore, SpaceX Plans to Reuse It

19 Apr 2019, 12:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX brings back to shore the central booster of the Falcon Heavy that got damaged as it fell overboard en route to Port Canaveral

Watch the World’s Largest Aircraft Soar to the Skies

15 Apr 2019, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Stratolaunch dual fuselage aircraft spent two and a half hours in the air during the test flight and reached a speed of 189 mph (304 km/h)

This Is How the Huge Bottom of the Falcon Heavy Looks Like

8 Apr 2019, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Falcon Heavy comprises 27 Merlin engines linked together in groups of nine, capable of generating more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff

Astronauts Hague and Ovchinin Reach ISS 5 Months After Failed MS-10 Launch

15 Mar 2019, 13:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On March 14, a Soyuz capsule called MS-12 safely docked with the ISS, getting Hague, Ovchinin and Christina Koch on the ISS

SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch and ISS Docking in Pictures

4 Mar 2019, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On its maiden flight, the Crew Dragon carried 400 pounds of crew supplies and equipment, as well as a test dummy astronaut called Ripley

Ripley the Dummy Astronaut Ready for Liftoff Onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon

1 Mar 2019, 16:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On March 2 a dummy astronaut named Ripley, will depart Earth for the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the Crew Dragon

SpaceX Crew Dragon on Track for March 2 Launch, NASA Readies Extensive Coverage

21 Feb 2019, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Crew Dragon will depart Earth on March 2 on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

MAVEN Spacecraft Moving Closer to Mars, to Act as Comms Relay for 2020 Rover

12 Feb 2019, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The spacecraft has enough fuel to last it well into 2030, and the space agency plans to use it as relay for as long as possible