The SRL includes a rocket and a small, ESA-provided "fetch rover," which will do exactly what its name indicates: find the cached samples and bring them back to the lander. The samples will then be loaded into a football-size canister on board the rocket, which will launch itself into ...
A rocket launch in Virginia thatmay have been visible from Bermuda– originally scheduled for yesterday [Feb 9] – was called off due to “off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor.” NASA said, “Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt to no earlier than Feb. 1...
1NASA launched the first space mission to Pluto yesterday as a powerful rocket hurled the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to the edge of the solar system As it soared toward a 2007 meeting with Jupiter, whose powerful gravitational field will shoot it on ...
Here's how SpaceX's 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video) Latest Mars rover Perseverance sends home postcard from scenic 'Pico Turquino' (photo) See more latest ► No comments yet Comment from the forums Most Popular Drones look to the stars to make themselves stealt...
Yesterday atNASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley participated in a countdown dress rehearsal of the launch day events. The crewmates are preparing to launch aboard aSpaceXCrew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket and fly to ...
A massive explosion rocked a SpaceX launch pad in the United States yesterday during a routine rocket test for a planned weekend launch. There were no injuries, but the rocket and the satellite onboard were destroyed, SpaceX said. The company was conducting a test firing of its unmanned Falc...
Keith’s note: The first launch of a ULA Vulcan rocket – powered by Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman engines – took off this morning at 2:18 a.m. EST and has sent the Astrobotic Pergegrine lander on its way to the Moon. Alas it is having communications and power issues which they ...
The SL-9 sub-orbital sounding rocket, provided by UP Aerospace, is part of the NASA “Flight Opportunities Program,” which is designed to provide sub-orbital payload launch resources for NASA, educational institutions and the private sector. Some of the “Flight Opportunities” payload customers ...
If you watched the launch yesterday, then you're aware that so far it's been a success. The rocket is now in outer space and is tracking down the Space Station. For the U.S., this is the first manned spaceflight in almost a decade, so it's an important piece in spaceflight history...
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket arrives at Kennedy. Next stop: the moon ONE STEP CLOSER ➡️ Yesterday,@NASA_Orionwas lifted and placed atop@NASA_SLSfor the#ArtemisI mission inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Work is currently underway to fully secure the spacecraft to the rocket...