In November 2012 SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) flies nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration…
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Rocket Sled Super Slow Motion Video of Inflatable Supersonic Decelerator
As NASA plans ambitious new robotic missions to Mars, laying the groundwork for even more complex human science expeditions to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
U.S. Rockets back into space with Falcon 9 Launch
This evening at 8:35pm edt. the first commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station had a picture perfect launch…
When will USA return man to the moon? Will you see it?
Being old enough and lucky enough to have seen two Saturn 5 rockets leave Earth for the moon in my…
