NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond.
SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ...
We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and ... The acrylic is actually burning, but if the flow of oxygen is cut off it will go out and can be ignited later.
Program is working through a formal test series for the software and computers that will fly the launch vehicle from the final countdown through Main Engine Cut Off (MECO). NASA developed the ...
The N-1 took off from the launch pad and things were looking good. About a minute into the flight, some metallic debris got into one of the engines and the rocket exploded. Over the next few ...
The rocket is 41.056 meters long and the first ... of the fairing separate from the second stage. Second stage main engine cut-off takes place at 4 minutes 21 seconds and second stage Vernier ...
SpaceX engineers designed a more robust and secure launchpad able to handle the incredible force generated by the Raptor engines as the Starship lifted off. Once testing of the rocket is complete ...
SpaceX has successfully launched the massive Starship rocket for the eighth time. But it lost the Starship spacecraft again.
Starship rocket explodes after liftoff ... up in space shortly after it began to spin uncontrollably with its engines cut off, a SpaceX live stream of the mission showed. Sign up here.
Now Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based start-up, has demonstrated two designs of prototype rocket engine and is rapidly advancing toward in-orbit testing, with components of the system’s power supply set ...