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Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Gets Its First Major Contract
Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Gets Its First Major Contract

1 Feb 2019, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Telesat will be among the first to have its equipment delivered to orbit by Blue Origin, as it plans to expand its LEO constellation of satellites

 
Blue Origin to Launch New Glenn in 2021 as Most Capable Rocket Available
Blue Origin to Launch New Glenn in 2021 as Most Capable Rocket Available

17 Jan 2019, 09:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ship will have double the available volume in today’s rockets and can be reused for no less than 25 times before getting decommissioned

 
SpaceX Layoffs Coming Despite Record Number of 2018 Launches
SpaceX Layoffs Coming Despite Record Number of 2018 Launches

14 Jan 2019, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The announcement for the layoffs came shortly after the launch of the Falcon 9 last Friday, with the employees being sent home to await their fate via email

 
SpaceLife Origin Will Send a Pregnant Woman to Give Birth in Space in 2024
SpaceLife Origin Will Send a Pregnant Woman to Give Birth in Space in 2024

9 Jan 2019, 16:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dutch startup believes the insurance policy for the survival of the human race lies with learning how to reproduce / give birth in space, is working towards mak

 
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Becomes Star of Audi’s CES 2019 VR Experiment
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Becomes Star of Audi’s CES 2019 VR Experiment

8 Jan 2019, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The VR game shown at CES is only a proof of concept that would accommodate anything from movies to educational programs.

 
SpaceX Crew Dragon Is Vertical on the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral
SpaceX Crew Dragon Is Vertical on the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral

7 Jan 2019, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This first flight of the Crew Dragon is an uncrewed one, meant to test the capabilities and safety of the capsule’s systems

 
Chinese Rover Lands on Dark Side of the Moon, First Photos Released
Chinese Rover Lands on Dark Side of the Moon, First Photos Released

3 Jan 2019, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / China becomes the first country in the world to land an object on the far side of the Moon, a major achievement for the emergent space power

 
Three of Four Rocket Launches Planned for Tuesday Were Canceled
Three of Four Rocket Launches Planned for Tuesday Were Canceled

18 Dec 2018, 16:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All of the three canceled launches in Tuesday have been rescheduled for Wednesday, pending approval that all systems are a go

 
CubeSats Fly for the First Time on a Rocket Built for Them
CubeSats Fly for the First Time on a Rocket Built for Them

18 Dec 2018, 14:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CubeSats are small-sized satellites that have started life as a tool for NASA to teach engineering students how to build spacecraft

 
Blue Origin Trailer Shows How The Future of Humanity Begins
Blue Origin Trailer Shows How The Future of Humanity Begins

16 Oct 2018, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos calls for thousands of companies to work towards the acceleration of space exploration, just as was the case with the Internet.

 
Soyuz Rocket Failure Caused by Collision Between First and Second Stages
Soyuz Rocket Failure Caused by Collision Between First and Second Stages

16 Oct 2018, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Roscosmos official claims a the first stage of the Soyuz rocket hitting the second one led to the capsule's emergency landing, causes of the collision unknown.

 
Live Stream - Soyuz Rocket Malfunctions, Emergency Rescue Under Way
Live Stream - Soyuz Rocket Malfunctions, Emergency Rescue Under Way

11 Oct 2018, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The booster rockets carrying the Soyuz MS-10 capsule into space with two astronauts on-board malfunction, emergency landing under way

 
Last of Its Kind Delta II Rocket to Be Displayed at the Kennedy Space Center
Last of Its Kind Delta II Rocket to Be Displayed at the Kennedy Space Center

16 Sep 2018, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / United Launch Alliance will retire the Delta II rocket following this weekend's launch, the booster to be displayed at Cape Canaveral.

 
Watch Chinese Satellite Shoot Rocket Launch from 300 Miles Up
Watch Chinese Satellite Shoot Rocket Launch from 300 Miles Up

10 Sep 2018, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese satellite gets images of a rocket launch in the Gobi desert, showing how such an event looks like from 300 miles above the Earth

 
Pac-Man Effect is Why People Don’t Fall Off the Edge of Our Flat Earth
Pac-Man Effect is Why People Don’t Fall Off the Edge of Our Flat Earth

3 May 2018, 11:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Flat Earth society meeting in the UK comes up with interesting theories regarding some of the biggest questions they have about the planet

 
Flat Earth Manned Space Mission Begins in Homemade Rocket, Ends Seconds Later
Flat Earth Manned Space Mission Begins in Homemade Rocket, Ends Seconds Later

26 Mar 2018, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mad Mike Hughes took off on Saturday in a homemade rocket, reaching an altitude of 570 m (1,870 ft) and a speed of 560 km/h (348 mph)

 
SpaceX's Core Module Smashes into Sea at 300 MPH, Shrapnel Damages Drone Ship
SpaceX's Core Module Smashes into Sea at 300 MPH, Shrapnel Damages Drone Ship

7 Feb 2018, 07:50 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Even though it wasn't enough to tar the otherwise overwhelming success of the Falcon Heavy rocket launch, not everything went to plan

 
Falcon Heavy Official Launch Animation, a Wish Come True for Dreamers
Falcon Heavy Official Launch Animation, a Wish Come True for Dreamers

6 Feb 2018, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Falcon Heavy is scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, February 6, between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST

 
Elon Musk's Rocket Travel Agency Might Need Tons of Puking Bags and a Brave Pill
Elon Musk's Rocket Travel Agency Might Need Tons of Puking Bags and a Brave Pill

12 Oct 2017, 12:32 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Elon Musk makes flying inside a rocket sound like a breeze, but somebody who's done it quite a few times would like to disagree

 
Elon Musk Wants Us to Visit Our Planet by Rocket
Elon Musk Wants Us to Visit Our Planet by Rocket

29 Sep 2017, 14:49 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The SpaceX CEO thought of another use for the big rocket he plans to use to colonize Mars: it could be turned into a super-fast traveling option on Earth