Rockets

LDCM Launch Separation Video is a Work of Art!

Looking as if it was directed by Stanley Kubrick himself in a scene from 2001 a Space Odyssey this is…

12 years ago

Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure

SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it's Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the  RD-171M main engine engine shut…

12 years ago

April 2013 IIS Rocket Launch will be Visible from Northeast U.S.

New Launch Complex in Virginia will give Northeast U.S. a great view. The first launch ever to the International Space…

12 years ago

SpaceX test rocket makes vertical takeoff and landing

In November 2012 SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) flies nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration…

12 years ago

ESA members decide to increase investments in Space

In a  two-day Council meeting  in Naples, Italy. Ministers from ESA’s 20 member states and Canada today allocated €10 billion…

12 years ago

NASA First Moon Mission Launch from Wallops Island Virginia Planned

Late next summer NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center plans to launch a mission to the Moon, not from Kennedy or…

12 years ago

Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls to final home

The Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled slowly to its final destination at Kennedy Space Center.  Shuttle is rolled on the roads at…

12 years ago

Virgin Galactic Releases Video of Launcherone Rocket

The new rocket announced by Virgin Galactic this month is known as LauncherOne. It is designed to cheaply and efficiently…

12 years ago

SpaceX’s Dragon Docks with Space Station

( NASA) HOUSTON -- The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at…

12 years ago

Falcon 9 Rocket Engine Failure During Launch to Space Station

Main payload will reach ISS but secondary Orbcomm satellite did not attain needed orbit Yesterdays launch of the Falcon 9…

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