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MMA-Zero G Reality Show Takes MMA Fights to Space for Galactic Combat
MMA-Zero G Reality Show Takes MMA Fights to Space for Galactic Combat

29 Apr 2021, 08:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The entertainment industry shows there’s another side to space exploration Elon Musk hadn’t thought about it: MMA fights in zero gravity

 
You Can’t Keep Rocket or Space Debris If It Lands in Your Yard in Florida
You Can’t Keep Rocket or Space Debris If It Lands in Your Yard in Florida

29 Apr 2021, 06:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / House Bill 221 is passed by lawmakers with backing from SpaceX, forcing finders to return space debris to the owner or face charges

 
DARPA Launches Nuclear Spacecraft Program, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is in It
DARPA Launches Nuclear Spacecraft Program, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is in It

13 Apr 2021, 09:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Blue Origin sign with DARPA to participate in the DRACO program for nuclear thermal propulsion system testing.

 
Starship SN11 Test Flight Ends in Explosion, Debris Raining Down From the Sky
Starship SN11 Test Flight Ends in Explosion, Debris Raining Down From the Sky

31 Mar 2021, 05:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “At least the crater is in the right place,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk jokes, adding that the team on the ground will have answers after an investigation

 
NASA’s Largest Rocket Element Ever Nails Hot Fire Test
NASA’s Largest Rocket Element Ever Nails Hot Fire Test

20 Mar 2021, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA conducts a successful hot fire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System, opens the doors to the Artemis missions

 
Starship Rocket SN10 Makes Impeccable Soft Landing, and Then Explodes
Starship Rocket SN10 Makes Impeccable Soft Landing, and Then Explodes

4 Mar 2021, 06:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Third time’s a charm: the prototype rocket flew to an altitude of 10 km, did the belly flop drop, reverted to the original position, and landed on the spot

 
SpaceX Starship Second Test Is Also a Success, Despite Explosive Landing
SpaceX Starship Second Test Is Also a Success, Despite Explosive Landing

3 Feb 2021, 08:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / SN9 took off without a glitch and was able to perform the belly flop maneuver, but could not return to vertical orientation for landing before the crash

 
Early 2021 Tesla Sentry Mode Footage Has It All, Including Space Rocket Launch
Early 2021 Tesla Sentry Mode Footage Has It All, Including Space Rocket Launch

11 Jan 2021, 09:08 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We also get to check out a host of thieves (and their underwear, for some very odd reason), people showing their love for Teslas, and more

 
History in the Making: SpaceX Starship Prototype SN8 Explodes on Landing
History in the Making: SpaceX Starship Prototype SN8 Explodes on Landing

10 Dec 2020, 06:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Despite the explosive ending, the flight test was a success: SN8 was able to go as high as 41,000 feet, do a belly flop and a flip, before hitting the ground

 
Latest Brabus Rocket 900 Takes GT 4-Door Coupe to 1 0f 10 “Masterpiece” Level
Latest Brabus Rocket 900 Takes GT 4-Door Coupe to 1 0f 10 “Masterpiece” Level

23 Oct 2020, 08:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / You can definitely call this “A Beast Of A Machine” considering its performance credentials, but also its ready for (absolutely) anything looks

 
SLS Rocket Has Fire Running Through Its Veins, Animation Shows
SLS Rocket Has Fire Running Through Its Veins, Animation Shows

26 Sep 2020, 05:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Animation shows inside one of the boosters that will make up the Space Launch System Rocket, hardware to launch Orion spaceship to the Moon

 
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

 
“Mad” Mike Hughes Dies in Homemade Rocket Launch Set to Prove the Earth Is Flat
“Mad” Mike Hughes Dies in Homemade Rocket Launch Set to Prove the Earth Is Flat

24 Feb 2020, 10:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The infamous daredevil and flat-earther aimed to reach to the edge of space on a “shoe-string budget,” was killed after launch mishap, falling to his death

 
When Not Making Rockets, NASA Is Carving Pumpkins
When Not Making Rockets, NASA Is Carving Pumpkins

31 Oct 2019, 16:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the past nine years now, NASA has been holding a pumpkin-carving contest at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

 
Watch Lighting Strike Russian Soyuz Rocket During Takeoff
Watch Lighting Strike Russian Soyuz Rocket During Takeoff

28 May 2019, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russian Soyuz rocket hit by lighting moments after taking off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the unaffected machine went on with its mission

 
Watch Blue Origin New Shepard Ace New Test Flight
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
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
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

 
Entrepreneurs Will Send Coffee Into Space to Roast it in Zero Gravity
Entrepreneurs Will Send Coffee Into Space to Roast it in Zero Gravity

22 Feb 2019, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Company Space Roasters aims to obtain the “perfect roast” by using the heat generated by atmosphere re-entry to roast the beans

 
VSS Unity’s Rocket Motor Enters the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
VSS Unity’s Rocket Motor Enters the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

11 Feb 2019, 12:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The CTN used on VSS Unity has a weight of 3,000 pounds and generates 320 kN of thrust, along with a burn duration of 60 seconds