A shadowy figure in a spacesuit touches the helmet’s visor with a glove. SpaceX’s next private astronaut launch is scheduled for this summer, and a key component crucial to its success has finally been revealed. The mission, Polaris Dawn, is about to perform the first extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks to be carried out by private … Read more
An Atlas 5 rocket transporting astronauts for the first time in six decades was ready for an explosion on Monday night to give a boost Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner crew ferry launched into orbit for its first piloted test flight to the International Space Station. The Starliner is years behind schedule and over a billion dollars … Read more
Boeing executive Mark Nappi has a spacecraft checklist with nearly 90 items on it. Nappi is working with NASA to pave the way for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, the first mission with astronauts on board, now set to launch on May 6. Starliner has been to space twice in unmanned … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After years of delays and a dizzying series of setbacks during test flights, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally ready for its first crewed launch. The mission is on track to depart from Florida on May … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After years of delays and a dizzying series of setbacks during test flights, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally ready for its first crewed launch. The mission is on track to depart from Florida on May … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, reached orbital speed for the first time Thursday during a historic third test flight from South Texas. Hundreds of Spring Break spectators, rocket launchers and SpaceX fans gathered along the southern shores of South Padre Island and surrounding areas to … Read more
Spaceship launches from SpaceX’s launch pad in South Texas.SpaceX via X SpaceX has successfully launched the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket into space for the first time. But Starship lost communication with SpaceX during its return to the Indian Ocean. NASA wants Starship to land astronauts on the moon. Elon Musk wants it to … Read more
SpaceX hopes to launch its first Starship test of 2024 as early as Thursday (March 14) in what it hopes will be a historic orbital flight of the world’s largest rocket, and if you want to know when to watch it online, you’re in the right place. SpaceX focuses March 14 for launch from the … Read more
SpaceX is counting down to launch its first astronaut flight of 2024 and you can watch it take off live online, but you need to know where and when to look. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA during the Crew-8 mission. The launch is … Read more