The SpaceX rocket flew to a maximum altitude of 39 kilometers, or about 127,000 feet, before exploding according to Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. That distance is short of the 100 kilometers mark that is internationally-recognized as the boundary of space. — Michael Sheet...
SpaceX also carried out a “propellant transfer demonstration,” or moving some of the propellant on board the Starship vehicle from one tank to another. SpaceX engineers designed the demo to test how Starship will be refueled on future missions while...
Engineers move the rocket by rail to the launch site two days before liftoff. There, they erect the rocket. At the launch pad, the craft, roughly 50 meters (164 feet) in length, is secured with three large arms that make sure the rocket is pointed skyward. These arms will fall away ...
"Hard X-ray,” Skaskash said. “It would probably be dangerous for two or three hundred kilometers." "That might be an idea whose time has come,” Cantrell said at last. “Any more questions? No? Shall we build it? ... It seems to be unanimous." "I have a model at the shop...
Engineers move the rocket by rail to the launch site two days before liftoff. There, they erect the rocket. At the launch pad, the craft, roughly 50 meters (164 feet) in length, is secured with three large arms that make sure the rocket is pointed skyward. These arms will fall away ...
☆ Dec 9— 1P / Halley’s Comet: At aphelion, 35.14 AU; comet is ~5×8 kilometers, with albedo of 0.03; closest approach to Sun will occur Jul 27, 2061. ☆ Dec 9 — Roscosmos, Launch Soyuz-2 / Ionosfera-M 1 & 2, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia: Soyuz rocket to launch Ionosfera...
"Engineers' assessments in recent months have shown a very low probability for recovering communications with Spirit," NASA officials said in a statement on May 24, 2011. In any case, the space assets being used to look for Spirit would soon be needed for NASA's upcoming Mars rover, Curiosi...
Hundreds of Spring Break spectators, rocket launch chasers andSpaceXfans gathered along the southern shores of South Padre Island and surrounding areas to witness the third test flight of the biggest rocket ever built. About 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of the crowds, SpaceX's massiveStarshipve...
SpaceX engineers designed the demo to test how Starship will be refueled on future missions while it’s in orbit. But after a bright halo of red plasma, created by extreme heat and pressure as Starship reentered Earth’s atmosphere, glowed around the vehicle, the team lost communication ...
During the broadcast of SpaceX’s November test launch, Flight 6, SpaceX engineers Jessie Anderson and Kate Tice said the company was finishing construction of a 1 million-square-foot “Starfactory” in South Texas. The goal for that structure is to allow the company to manufacture “hundreds...