Flight 9 Marks Milestone and Challenges for SpaceX’s Starship

Flight 9 Marks Milestone and Challenges for SpaceX’s Starship

Above: Starship lifts off from Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, for test flight 9. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the ninth time on May 27, marking the first-ever reuse of a Super Heavy booster. While the upper stage, Ship, successfully...

X Prize Verifies Second Launch Contract

Credit: Rocket Lab According to a story on www.spacenews.com, The X Prize Foundation announced that it has verified a Moon Express launch contract, making the company the second with an approved deal needed to participate in the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize...
Rocket Launch Sets High Hopes for Hawaii’s Future

Rocket Launch Sets High Hopes for Hawaii’s Future

A photograph of the launch from Nov. 3, 2015.  Yesterday, Hawaii held its first rocket launch. Although the launch vehicle experienced an anomaly, there’s plenty to celebrate about yesterday’s mission. For starters, it was the first launch of the Super...
Hawaii’s First Satellite Launch Happening Tuesday

Hawaii’s First Satellite Launch Happening Tuesday

Photograph of the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force  Story by Stephen Clark from Spaceflight Now U.S. military authorities have granted approval for liftoff Tuesday of a simplified satellite launcher from Hawaii on a test...
China Launches Spacecraft to Moon and Back

China Launches Spacecraft to Moon and Back

China launched an experimental spacecraft to orbit the Moon and return to Earth Thursday (10/23/14) in preparation for its first lunar landing return mission in history.  The ‘Long March 3C’ rocket blasted off early in the morning from Xichang satellite launch center,...