After a postponement due to the weather, William Shatner is to undertake a ten-minute trip into space as the oldest man to date. The real-life mission of the Star Trek actor known as Captain James T. Kirk can be followed live from 2:30 p.m. Update: After some delays, the launch should actually start soon. Amazon … Read more
Space stocks are some of the most interesting companies listed on the stock market. And many investors are looking for the best space stocks to buy. This is mainly because there are so few companies that can really be considered pure-play space stocks. Companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman definitely send things into … Read more
From left are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer in front of a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is set to carry a batch of astronauts to the International Space Station for the fourth time … Read more
NASA’s first electric plane is getting ready for takeoff. For the last five years, a small team of NASA engineers has been working to convert an Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft so that it runs only on battery power. The X-57 Maxwell, named after 19th-century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, recently began high-voltage functional ground testing … Read more
Firefly Aerospace is inching closer to the final frontier, despite coming short of reaching space after its inaugural rocket launch ended in a fiery explosion Thursday night. The Cedar Park-based company’s inaugural rocket, an uncrewed spacecraft dubbed Alpha, was launched for the first time but exploded before reaching low earth orbit, which is about 186 miles … Read more
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman is commander of the Inspiration4 mission Hayley Arceneaux, Inspiration4 astronaut, is a cancer survivor and health care worker Chris Sembroski, an Inspiration4 astronaut, won his seat via a raffle Dr. Sian Proctor, Inspiration4 astronaut, is an educator and trained pilot Launches are always exciting, especially nighttime launches. But Wednesday’s will be one … Read more
A Long Beach company that has taken on SpaceX to become one of the leaders in small satellite launches is set to go public next week. Rocket Lab will arrive on Wall Street in a deal with a blank-check company that pegs the 15-year old satellite launcher’s value at $4.1 billion. Rocket Lab first announced … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (May 9) and then stuck a landing at sea to cap a record 10th flight for the company’s reusable booster. The veteran Falcon 9 rocket blasted off before dawn from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape … Read more
A SpaceX rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, US  Author: Scott Rouse July 12, 2021 It is more or less agreed that the space race between the Soviet Union and the US ended after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969, after which public interest in the Apollo missions began to wane, and with … Read more