News
-
China’s unmanned lunar orbiter returns home
Read more →: China’s unmanned lunar orbiter returns homeChina succeeded Saturday in the world’s first mission to the Moon and back in some 40 years, becoming…
-
Military communications satellite launched from Russia
Read more →: Military communications satellite launched from RussiaA Soyuz rocket lifted off Oct. 30 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Meridian communications satellite for the…
-
VIDEO: First NTSB briefing on Virgin Galactic accident
Read more →: VIDEO: First NTSB briefing on Virgin Galactic accidentActing NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart briefs the news media on Saturday, soon after arriving at the Mojave Air & Space Port…
-
Chinese probe returns from flight around the moon
Read more →: Chinese probe returns from flight around the moonGround teams in China inspect the a space capsule after its return from a flight around the moon.…
-
SpaceShipTwo crashes in desert, one pilot dead, one seriously injured
Read more →: SpaceShipTwo crashes in desert, one pilot dead, one seriously injuredSpaceShipTwo (Credit: Virgin Galactic) It’s a rough week in the spaceflight world. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has crashed during a…
-
Initial damage assessment shows Antares pad intact
Read more →: Initial damage assessment shows Antares pad intactAn aerial view of the Wallops Island launch facilities taken by the Wallops Incident Response Team on Wednesday.…
-
Pilot dies in crash of Virgin Galactic rocket plane
Read more →: Pilot dies in crash of Virgin Galactic rocket planeUpdated with more details at 7:30 p.m. PDT (10:30 p.m. EDT; 0230 GMT) Spaceship Two and its mothership…
-
First stage propulsion system is early focus of Antares investigation
Read more →: First stage propulsion system is early focus of Antares investigationThe Antares rocket’s AJ26 engines are seen during the booster’s rollout to the launch pad at Wallops Island,…
-
Rocket cameras dazzle on 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Rocket cameras dazzle on 50th Atlas 5 rocket launchThe first stage separates from the Centaur upper stage. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Onboard video cameras captured…
-
An eyewitness account: Wallops Island is burning
Read more →: An eyewitness account: Wallops Island is burningFirst, you see the rocket sputter, then pause suspended in mid-air and crash back to Earth in a…
-
Orbital Sciences hopes to quickly find cause of rocket failure
Read more →: Orbital Sciences hopes to quickly find cause of rocket failureSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Orbital Sciences co-founder, chairman and CEO David Thompson. Credit:…
-
50th Atlas 5 rocket puts up new GPS satellite
Read more →: 50th Atlas 5 rocket puts up new GPS satelliteImage: United Launch Alliance. CAPE CANAVERAL — Launching for the 50th time, an Atlas 5 rocket flew a…