SpaceX Aims to Redo ‘Chopsticks’ Rocket Catch in Starship Flight
SpaceX is slated to launch its gargantuan Starship rocket on Tuesday out of South Texas, a key test that is expected to include a guest visit from President-elect Donald Trump.The…
Blue Origin Targets November 22 for Next Space Tourism Flight NS-28
Jeff Bezos' aerospace venture, Blue Origin, has confirmed plans to launch its ninth crewed mission, NS-28, on Friday, November 22, 2024. The suborbital spaceflight will take off from the company's…
SpaceX Starship Successfully Completes Sixth Flight With a Banana Payload, Super Heavy Splashdown
The sixth test flight of SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket, was successfully conducted on November 19. The 400-foot (122 metres) rocket, developed by Elon Musk's private space company, lifted…
FAA Investigates SpaceX Starship Flight 7 Explosion, Debris Impacts Public Safety
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated an investigation following the explosion of SpaceX's Starship during its seventh test flight on January 16, 2025. The launch, conducted at the…
Bird-Inspired RAVEN Robot Has Specialised Legs to Help it Jump Into Flight
Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with a University of California scientist, has unveiled a bird-inspired robot capable of launching itself into flight using spring-loaded legs.…
Vega-C Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight with Sentinel-1C Launch After 2022 Failure
Europe's Vega-C rocket has resumed operations, achieving a successful launch on December 5, 2024, after a two-year suspension due to a failure during its previous mission. The rocket, operated by…
SpaceX Completes Super Heavy Booster Test for Seventh Starship Flight
A static-fire test of the Super Heavy booster for SpaceX's seventh Starship launch was successfully conducted on December 9 at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas. The event involved…
NASA Investigates Ingenuity’s Last Flight, Explains Why it Crashed on its 72nd Flight
Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California and AeroVironment are conducting an extensive investigation into the final flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which occurred on January…
SpaceX Starship Flight 7 Test Gets FAA Launch Licence, Preparing for 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted SpaceX the launch licence required for the Starship Flight 7 test. This decision, announced on December 17, allows the company to move forward…
ISRO Successfully Launches Two SpaDeX Satellites, Completes Space Docking Test Flight
Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) inaugural space docking mission has been launched aboard an indigenous PSLV-C60 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh. The mission, termed the…