Tagged: rocket

A supersonic parachute designed to land future NASA spacecraft on Mars just underwent a key test high up in Earth’s skies. The Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) launched atop a sounding rocket Saturday (March 31) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at...

A new hybrid rocket motor fired up Friday (June 29), demonstrating technology that its builders say could lead to efficient, alternative-fuel launch vehicles down the road. California-based Space Propulsion Group, Inc. (SPG) test-fired the 22-inch-wide (56-centimeter) liquid oxygen/paraffin motor for about 20 seconds Friday, blasting...

China tested a new rocket engine Sunday (July 29) for a more powerful, next-generation booster that will be used to help the country construct its first space station in orbit, and for future missions to explore the moon, according to news reports. The new liquid...

After a successful launch of Russia’s Progress cargo spacecraft headed to the International Space Station, falling fragments caused a fire on Kazakhstan’s steppes, killing one and injuring another who tried to extinguish the fire. The uncrewed Progress spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station yesterday...

The failed launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with two space fliers aboard adds a new chapter to an already long story of mishaps and failures besetting the Russian space industry, according to space safety experts. The incident that happened yesterday (Oct. 11), was the...

An upgraded version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket lifts off Friday, May 11, 2018 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center carrying Bangladesh’s first communications satellite. The $250 million satellite, the nation’s first, is designed to improve television, telephone, data,...

An artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft separating from its Super Heavy rocket. These vehicles were previously known as the BFS (Big Falcon Spaceship) and BFR (Big Falcon Rocket), respectively. (SpaceX) Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX’s Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again. The huge, reusable rocket-spaceship...

A man has returned an ancient Roman projectile that he took from an ancient site in Jerusalem 15 years ago. The thief cited the current coronavirus outbreak and a feeling that “the end of the world is near,” according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. In...

One of the most amazing endeavors man has ever undertaken is the exploration of space. A big p­art of the amazement is the complexity. Space exploration is complicated because there are so many problems to solve and obstacles to overcome. You have things like: The...

President Trump’s trip to Florida on Wednesday ended early when SpaceX postponed the launch of its rocket ship due to inclement weather just 17 minutes before two NASA astronauts were set to make a historic flight into orbit. But Trump is already looking forward to...