"I'm working on the equipment inside theNew Glennrocket, getting it ready to fly this year," Sembroski said. "There are so many new things that we're going to be rolling out at Blue Origin that have been in the
“Once Starship starts flying, the development will be very fast,” says Margarita Marinova, a former senior Mars development engineer at SpaceX. “There will be so many more people who will be able to fly things.” Those could be anything from standalone missions using Starship to ride-...
On this day in space! May 22, 2012: SpaceX launches 1st private cargo mission to the space station Blue Origin launches 'Perfect 10' space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video) 100th person to fly only a suborbital spaceflight | Space picture of the day for April 14, 2025 Now, ...
The reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is powering the revolution in LEO so far. SpaceX/CNET Menard also calls the pace of launches that's now possible "phenomenal." Most of those launches so far have come via SpaceX and its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets, which are quickly closing in on 1,...
While mankind has not yet realized the full visions of von Braun and others, there have been significant strides in building space stations. The United States and Russia have had orbiting space stations since 1971. The first space stations were the Russian Salyut program, the U.S. Skylab ...
Space suits provide oxygen, temperature control and some protection from radiation. Photo courtesy NASA Think about how you suit up when you go outside on a cold winter's day. You have your shirt, pants, sweater, perhaps long underwear, jacket, gloves, hat or hood, scarf and boots...
Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams were supposed to be on the International Space Station for eight days. They've now been up there for over a month.
As of November 2024, there are 6,764 satellites in Starlink’s constellation, though only 6,714 are currently working according toAstronomer Jonathan McDowell’s tracking research.The number constantly is changing as Starlink launches more and more. As for how many Starlink satellites there will ev...
China was the launch leader of the world in 2019 and plans nearly as many as 30 launches in 2020. The United States is second on the list, courtesy in large part to SpaceX's busy launch cadence. In the 2010s, SpaceX was at the forefront of a new way of accessing space that ...
Already, she said, SpaceX's cargo launches have allowed NASA to send up things like apples and citrus fruits that can last a while without refrigeration. When SpaceX does a launch, there's a 5-day lead time for fresh food. Another NASA commercial cargo partner, Orbital, has a 12-day ...