Built by Boeing, the X37B space plane has performed a first-of-its kind aerobraking maneuver in the upper atmosphere.
The spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket could launch as soon as 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 14, from Kennedy ...
A highly classified military plane has marked an exciting milestone in orbital innovation as it performs advanced aerobraking ...
Europa Clipper is designed to reach the Jupiter system in April 2030 and spend four years making close flybys of Europa, one of the most promising places in our solar system for the search for life ...
SpaceX is planning to launch its 31st commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night. The ...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral ... and the side boosters that helped fuel its fiery ascent broke away from the rocket a little more than three minutes into the ...
After spending most of its fuel, the Super Heavy booster detached ... each more powerful than one of the nine used on the Falcon, the Super Heavy booster packs roughly 10 times the amount of ...
requiring the services of a big Falcon Heavy. Jupiter is 480 million miles from Earth and the planets need to be in a good position to shorten travel. The spacecraft only has so much fuel it can ...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A on NASA's anticipated Europa Clipper mission. The launch ...
Update 10:43 a.m.: The Falcon Heavy is basically three Falcon 9 rockets ... This is to give the spacecraft an extra boost, where the fuel would otherwise be used to land the boosters.