Tag: Space exploration
Redwire, Sierra partner to make drugs on inflatable space habitat
An ADSEP with blue PIL-BOXs, hardware which will be delivered to Sierra Space for the LIFE habitat pathfinder mission.RedwireSpace infrastructure comp [...]
SpaceX reported a profit in the first quarter, WSJ says
A Falcon Heavy rocket launches the USSF-67 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Jan. 15, 2023.SpaceXSpaceX turned a profit during the [...]
Virgin Galactic launches first tourist flight to space, Galactic 02
Virgin Galactic flew its second commercial spaceflight on Thursday, its first carrying private-paying tourists.Called Galactic 02, the flight launched [...]
Boeing resets Starliner’s first crewed spaceflight target for March
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is seen before docking with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022 during the uncrewed OFT-2 mission.BoeingBoei [...]
Vulcan rocket will still fly this year after engine explosion
The Vulcan rocket for the Cert-1 mission stands at SLC-41 during testing in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 12, 2023.United Launch AllianceUnited Launch [...]
Boeing has lost $1.5 billion developing Starliner spacecraft for NASA
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is seen before docking with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022 during the uncrewed OFT-2 mission.NASABoeing [...]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin BE-4 rocket engine explodes during testing
A test of a BE-4 engine at the company's Launch Site One facility in West Texas on Aug. 2, 2019.Blue OriginA Blue Origin rocket engine exploded during [...]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson talks Axiom mission, making space accessible
Peggy Whitson is America's most experienced astronaut, having spent 675 days in space. She's just returned from her fourth flight to orbit. Axiom Spac [...]
Boeing further delays first Starliner astronaut mission for NASA
Boeing employees work on the company's Starliner capsule on Jan. 19, 2023, in preparation for the first crew flight test.John Grant / BoeingBoeing is [...]
Final test before commercial service
Aircraft VMS EVE carries with spacecraft VSS Unity during a flight test.Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic is preparing to launch its first spaceflight in [...]
SpaceX Axiom Ax-2 docks with space station, carrying Saudi astronauts
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is seen docked with the International Space Station, May 22, 2023.SpaceXSpaceX delivered another quartet [...]
NASA awards Blue Origin SLD crew lunar lander contract
The moon seen from the International Space Station on July 9, 2018. Alexander Gerst | NASAWASHINGTON – Jeff Bezos has his NASA moon ticket.The billion [...]
Virgin Galactic targets May 25 for first spaceflight since Branson
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve is seen in the background shortly after releasing VSS Unity, which is firing its engine and acclerating during the company's [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX hires former NASA official Kathy Lueders
Kathy Lueders, formerly NASA associate administrator of the Space Operations Mission Directorate, before speaking to the media on May 30, 2020, follow [...]
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q1 2023 results
Electron rockets undergo preparation for launch.Rocket LabRocket Lab's revenue increased slightly in the first quarter, but losses grew as well, as th [...]