During Starship's successful 6th test flight, the spacecraft mastered a more challenging trajectory to beat the computer simulations; however, the tower landing of Super Heavy booster was halted.
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SpaceX's "Mechazilla" caught the Super Heavy booster mid-air during incredible landing test [Update]
SpaceX has attempted an unprecedented, crucial maneuver today. It catught the Super Heavy booster at the launch pad for the very first time.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis exited the Crew Dragon for a historic all-civilian spacewalk, testing new spacesuits.
SpaceX launched a record-breaking civilian mission that takes the crew higher than anyone else since the Apollo era.
Elon Musk announced a new, more realistic timeline for Starship launches toward the Red Planet. While it still sounds ambitious, the company is making progress with the world's biggest space rocket.
After three months on the ISS, the crew-less Starliner capsule has successfully returned to Earth. NASA stands behind the decision to keep two astronauts on the space station.
Astronauts onboard the ISS heard weird noises in Boeing's troublesome capsule. Houston figured out where the sounds originated from.
Today, SpaceX experienced a series of bad luck. Weather stopped a historic crewed mission from launching, and another Falcon 9 rocket crashed upon landing, halting the third planned flight, too.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay on the ISS for 8 months instead of just 8 days. Due to problems with the Starliner module, they will come home onboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon.
The scientific community was shocked by the cancelation of the $450 million VIPER mission. However, NASA is ready to contribute the rover to a chosen partner that takes it to its intended destination.
Starliner's departure from ISS might be delayed for weeks due to a critical software update [Update]
Boeing's Starliner might be stuck on the ISS for a few more weeks, so SpaceX's Crew-9 mission would be delayed for over a month because Starliner lacks one of its features and needs an OTA update.
NASA is on the brink of a significant decision: whether to let two astronauts return in Boeing's Starliner capsule or use SpaceX's Crew Dragon as an emergency backup. The stakes go beyond human lives.
SpaceX explained the issue that led to a failed flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, obtained early permission from the FAA, and launched another batch of Starlink satellites while it works on fixes.
The super-reliable Falcon 9 rocket experienced a rare anomaly, breaking its near-perfect track record. Its upper stage lost the engine during the orbit insertion of SpaceX's own Starlink satellites.
The new European rocket launcher Ariane 6 completed its inaugural mission despite an anomaly in the final phase. Previous delays and failures meant Europe had no operational rocket for a year.
SpaceX has released the external view of the first-ever successful splashdown landing of the Super Heavy booster. Images show the landing burn of 13 Raptor engines and a slow touchdown on the water.
Even though hot plasma almost destroyed Starship's flap, the rocket nailed yesterday's vertical landing. Elon Musk says SpaceX already has a solution, and it just wasn't present on this ship.
The Super Heavy first stage of SpaceX's Starship rocket made a remarkable splashdown during the successful landing simulation. Starship somehow survived the plasma hell and landed too.
The dearMoon mission of Yusaku Maezawa and a crew full of artists won't happen. When announced, Starship was just an idea on a drawing board. Today, it still aims for the Moon, but without Maezawa.
The fourth integrated test flight of Starship is planned for around June 5. SpaceX details the fixes addressing the issues that caused the rocket to surrender to the heat of plasma hell in March.
Blue Origin's New Shepard returned to crewed suborbital flights, successfully sending six astronauts to space. However, after a long hiatus, there is another huge concern due to a parachute failure.
European space mission ExoMars began in 2001. However, it came close to being canceled due to repeated delays and war in Ukraine. A new partnership with NASA aims to finally send the rover into space.
SpaceX's Starlink service is estimated to generate billions in revenues and achieve profitability for the first time in 2024, just five years after launching the first batch of satellites.
For several months, the most distant human-made object, the Voyager 1, sends unusable engineering and science data. NASA engineers now pinpointed the cause and are working on a solution.
SpaceX hopes to fly the Starship rocket for a fourth time next month, cutting the turnaround time by half. The main milestones are testing the heatshield and ensuring the rocket survives the reentry.
SpaceX commented on Starship milestones in its post-flight debrief. The third test flight of Starship seemed like an overall success, though once again, there are important questions left unanswered.
Starship flew for a third time this morning. Launching from Texas, the initial phase of the test flight looked nominal. However, both the Ship and the Booster didn't reach their final destination.
Elon Musk's space company decided to kill roughly 100 Starlink satellites to prevent the unnecessary creation of space junk. SpaceX claims it is part of its commitment to space sustainability.
Technical and environmental challenges of deep space exploration are difficult, but not unsolvable. The real barrier between mankind and Mars is the level of commitment from relevant stakeholders.
The first US moon landing mission in more than 50 years met a fiery end on the wrong celestial body. However, its story is nevertheless inspiring, and data acquired along the way is invaluable.
The November test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, although successful, ended in flames. Much was speculated on social media about the cause, but only now we finally know what actually happened.
Jeff Bezos is one happy man after his competitor, ULA, reached orbit with its brand new Vulcan rocket, powered by Blue Origin's engines. It gives him hope to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
Although NASA is often blamed for being too slow and cautious, it has been developing cutting-edge space tech for decades. However, its approach sometimes turns out to be simply outdated.
In a rather unfortunate turn of events, SpaceX has lost the F9 booster B1058 during the ride back home from its record-breaking 19th mission. Only remnants of the workhorse arrived in Florida.
We have quite a lot of launches this week. Aside from more attempts by NASA to launch the SLS, several companies and countries are planning to launch various satellites into orbit.
Following the Launch Readiness Review, NASA and SpaceX have given the Crew Dragon launch atop the Falcon 9 rocket a go-ahead. However, the weather will still prove to be an important consideration.
