Space industry
Bezos’ Blue Origin joins SpaceX, ULA in winning bids for $5.6 billion Pentagon rocket program
A mass simulator version of a New Glenn rocket is moved for testing in November 2021. Blue Origin The Pentagon announced the first winning bidders in its rocket launch contract sweepstakes on Thursday, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grabbing a spot for the first time. Blue Origin’s winning bid came as part of contracts awarded […]
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Guiding Boeing’s ten years-very long struggle to start astronauts on Starliner
Boeing‘s Starliner is a human-grade house capsule intended to consider astronauts to and from the Global Room Station. Boeing commenced get the job done on the capsule in 2014, when it signed a $4.2 billion agreement with NASA less than the agency’s Professional Crew Program. NASA also picked SpaceX for the task, giving Elon Musk’s […]
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Boeing Starliner docks with ISS, delivering its first NASA crew to space station
Boeing’s Starliner capsule is seen while approaching the International Space Station with two NASA astronauts on board on June 6, 2024. NASA TV Fixing the propulsion problem NASA flight controllers called off a previously scheduled approach to resolve issues with Starliner’s propulsion system. Starliner has 28 jets, known as its reaction control system, or RCS, […]
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes test flight for the first time, successfully splashes down
SpaceX’s Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. , in this handout picture obtained on June 6, 2024. Spacex | Via Reuters SpaceX completed a test flight of its Starship rocket for the first time on […]
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Boeing Starliner launches for the first time carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS
Boeing launched its first Starliner flight with astronauts on Wednesday, beginning a crucial final flight test of the long-delayed spacecraft. The launch took off at 10:52 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with two NASA astronauts aboard. Starliner is carried by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and is bound for the International Space […]
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A Chinese spacecraft lands on moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with U.S.
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission rocket prepares to lift off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China’s Hainan province. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and […]
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Boeing and NASA call off Starliner crew launch minutes before liftoff
[The livestream started at 8:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Boeing‘s first Starliner flight with astronauts on board was called off in the final minutes on Saturday. The cause of the launch delay was not immediately announced. The company was targeting a launch on June […]
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon flyby mission
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa speaks at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa cancelled his “dearMoon” mission, which the project said would have been the first private flight around the moon, the mission announced on Saturday. The team had originally aimed to make the circumlunar flight with celebrities […]
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AST SpaceMobile partners with Verizon, adding to AT&T coverage deal for satellite internet to phones
The company’s Block 1 BlueBird satellites undergoing thermal vacuum testing in preparation for launch. AST SpaceMobile Satellite-to-phones service provider AST SpaceMobile announced a partnership with Verizon on Wednesday, adding to the company’s recent deal with AT&T to provide remote coverage across the United States. AST SpaceMobile is building satellites to provide broadband service to unmodified […]
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Boeing, NASA say Starliner astronaut launch will move forward despite spacecraft helium leak
In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on May 4, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space […]
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