As Mars discussions between the European Space Agency and NASA deepened in 2008 and 2009, the mission's launch vehicle changed to an Atlas V rocket built by US-based United Launch Alliance. Then, just months later, plans changed again when the European Space Agency partnered with Russia's Roscosmos to launch ExoMars on a Proton rocket.
Starship rockets built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have blown up. A version of that biggest-ever booster is slated to launch the manned Orion spacecraft to the moon in the Artemis III and IV missions. Is NASA worried?
You need something to say that’s different and exciting about it ... using a dogleg maneuver that required SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to fly eastward over the Atlantic Ocean before veering ...
There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway, but Isar hasn't published a launch timeline or the exact parameters of the target orbit.
(CNN verified the authenticity of SpaceX’s flight plans with the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches ... to say that’s different and exciting about ...
It said:"The blue swirls you might have seen in the sky are likely the result of a SpaceX rocket launch, where the upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket vents unneeded fuel, creating a visible spiral as it descends into the atmosphere.
The first humans to orbit over Earth's north and south poles are sending back images from their spaceflight, and the views are incredible. SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31),
The SpaceX passengers, a Chinese bitcoin investor and three explorers, will be on the historic flight for 3 1/2 days.