SpaceX launches re-flown fairing for the first time and breaks a Falcon 9 booster re-use record
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch SpaceX successfully launched its first batch of production Starlink satellites today, sending 60 of the small satellites to their target orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. These 60 satellites follow 60 launched in May, but whereas…
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch was an incredible success — here are the best moments By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Screen Shot 2018 02 06 at 4.26.04 PM Falcon Heavy taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.SpaceX via YouTube SpaceX successfully…
A revolutionary weather satellite is being launched this weekend
By Tom Hale From IFL Science The best weather satellite the US has ever developed is being launched this weekend and is set to “revolutionize” the way we understand and forecast the weather. NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is…
Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown
By Jonathan Amos Science From BBC News The US space agency’s new Orion crew capsule has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. Drone video sighted the ship descending gently on its parachutes,…
Citizen scientists to resurrect defunct NASA spacecraft
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable For the first time, NASA has agreed to work with a group of citizen scientists to resurrect a spacecraft the agency is no longer using and has no plans to use again. NASA announced that…
