On Sunday, the Jeff Bezos-backed spaceflight company Blue Origin will air a test launch of their space system live for the first time online. This will mark the fourth time this particular New Shepard rocket and capsule have flown a … Read More
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, will attempt to launch not one but two communications satellites to orbit high above Earth Wednesday. After SpaceX gets those satellites off the ground, the company will attempt to successfully land their fifth Falcon … Read More
The International Space Station has a brand new astronaut hangout. On Saturday, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, with the help of mission controllers, expanded the new Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a 13-foot-long by 10.5-foot-wide room now attached to the outside of … Read More
Ho, hum, another day, another SpaceX rocket landing on a drone ship in the ocean. The Elon Musk-founded private spaceflight company just landed their third Falcon 9 booster on a drone ship floating in the ocean after launching the Thaicom 8 communications satellite on … Read More
In 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space Before launch, a group of NASA engineers came to Ride, asking if 100 tampons would be sufficient for her needs on a six-day space shuttle … Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS — When it comes to spaceflight competition, Jeff Bezos says “the more the merrier.” Despite some high-profile sniping on Twitter with SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Bezos — the founder of Blue Origin — believes there’s enough room in … Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS — A new 360 video from United Launch Alliance (ULA) allows you to experience a rocket launch like never before. The video shows you the power of the Delta IV rocket launch from extreme vantage points right next … Read More
MOJAVE, California — On Friday, Sir Richard Branson unveiled Virgin Galactic’s newest space plane named Unity with much fanfare: Branson stood up in the sunroof of a Land Rover as the car rolled the ship into the hangar here at the … Read More