Los Angeles, CA – July 25, 2006 The Space Frontier Foundation issued a white paper today stating that NASA’s multi-billion dollar post-space shuttle transportation plans are in the initial stages of ...
It's eerily quiet on the spaceflight front. In the past two weeks, there has been just a single orbital launch — that of a Chinese Long March 4B rocket, which lofted the Gaofen-11 05 Earth-observation ...
The H3 rocket was designed to carry the Michibiki No. 5 satellite, a critical component of Japan's version of a global positioning system (GPS). The mission was intended to enhance Japan's navigation ...
"We need to continue our vigilance for every flight, for every mission." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Even before NASA removed ...
HELSINKI — Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket suffered an anomaly after liftoff Thursday, leading to loss of the mission and potential delays for its new Zhuque-3 reusable launcher. The Zhuque-2E ...
Chinese space launch startup CAS Space has begun an accident probe after the first failure of its Lijian-1 launcher. The rocket, also known as Kinetica-1, took off Dec. 27 at around 9:03 a.m. Beijing ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery's astronauts surveyed their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage, but the job was complicated by the failure of the space shuttle's big dish antenna. The antenna ...
The strong-willed director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he failed to pass on warnings from engineers that the space shuttle launch was at risk. By Trip Gabriel William R. Lucas, who oversaw ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery's astronauts surveyed their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage, but the job was complicated by the failure of the space shuttle's big dish antenna. Without the ...