Next week is finally looking like the time when American astronauts return to the International Space Station on American rockets. For nearly a decade, NASA and the US space industry have been relying on Russia and its Soyuz rocket for rides to and from the ISS. But ever since NASA awarded Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corporation, […]
SpaceX Launches First Satellites in Massive Starlink Project to Beam Internet Access from Space…
Third time’s a charm. After two delays last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its heaviest payload yet Thursday night, launching dozens of satellites that are intended to eventually provide high-speed internet access from space. A reusable Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral carrying 60 Starlink satellites, weighing about 18.5 tons in total. […]
Watch SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Stick It’s Landing (25:00)…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon spacecraft to low Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA.