Play Episode Podcast ‘Light this candle!’ SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station in Dragon capsule Play SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station today, becoming the first company to send humans to orbit… Read More
Play Episode Weather concerns complicate plans for SpaceX’s next attempt to launch NASA astronauts Play NASA and SpaceX are keeping a close eye on the weather in Florida and beyond as they get set for… Read More
Weather forces delay for SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA’s first Dragon riders to the space station The countdown for SpaceX’s first crewed launch to the International Space Station ran down to less than 17 minutes, but… Read More
NASA signs off on historic SpaceX crewed launch, leaving weather as final uncertainty Mission managers have cleared the final paperwork for SpaceX’s first-ever crewed launch, aimed at sending two NASA astronauts to the… Read More
NASA gives crucial thumbs-up to SpaceX’s historic crewed flight to space station NASA today signed off on the first launch to send a crew into orbit from U.S. soil in nearly nine… Read More
Days before landmark launch, NASA’s head of human spaceflight quits due to ‘mistake’ NASA’s top executive concentrating on human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has resigned just a week before the scheduled start of a… Read More
NASA and SpaceX get set to make history with landmark spaceflight during pandemic Everything is in readiness for the first mission to send humans into orbit from U.S. soil since NASA retired the… Read More
Boeing says it’ll redo uncrewed flight test of Starliner space taxi to space station Boeing says it will redo the uncrewed test flight of its Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station, after… Read More
Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take NASA and Boeing officials say an independent review of December’s uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has… Read More
Two-time spaceflier Charles Simonyi offers advice for commercial space travelers Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi is the only man on Earth to buy a multimillion-dollar ride to orbit not just once,… Read More
SpaceX and Space Adventures plan to send customers on high-flying space trips Space Adventures says it’s entered into an agreement with SpaceX to send private citizens into orbit on free-flying missions that… Read More
Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices An interim assessment of what went wrong during December’s first uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned… Read More
Xplore partners with Nanoracks to set up opportunities for deep-space missions Seattle-based Xplore says it’s joining forces with Houston-based Nanoracks to create low-cost rideshare opportunities for payloads heading for the moon,… Read More
NASA clears Axiom Space to put commercial habitat on space station, with Boeing on the team Houston-based Axiom Space has won NASA’s nod to attach a commercial habitation module to the International Space Station by as… Read More
SpaceX aces fiery rehearsal of worst-case scenario for Crew Dragon spaceflights With a fiery flash and volleys of cheers, SpaceX and NASA today rehearsed something they hope will never happen: a… Read More
NASA and Boeing lay out time frame for reviewing Starliner’s flawed flight and planning next steps NASA says it’s working with Boeing to set up an independent investigation team to review last month’s less-than-perfect maiden flight… Read More
WOW! Virgin Galactic’s next SpaceShipTwo rocket plane reaches ‘Weight on Wheels’ milestone The rocket plane that’s due to become Virgin Galactic’s second commercial suborbital spaceship can now stand on its own two… Read More
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi makes flawless landing after flawed flight Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi made a flawless automated landing in New Mexico today, marking the end of an orbital… Read More
NASA and Boeing trace roots of Starliner’s bad timing — and prepare for landing NASA and Boeing say they’ve learned more about the timing glitch that kept Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner space taxi from… Read More
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi fails to reach its intended orbit for first space station trip Boeing’s Starliner space taxi blasted off for the first time today on an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station,… Read More
It’s all systems go from NASA for uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner to space station After conducting a flight readiness review today, NASA gave its go-ahead for launching Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi on an… Read More
Blue Origin’s rocket ship sends postcards, science and art to outer space and back Thousands of postcards, an array of science experiments and a couple of art projects took a suborbital ride to space… Read More
After weather delay, Blue Origin counts down to test flight of suborbital spaceship Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is counting down to today’s uncrewed flight test of its New Shepard… Read More
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi — and Rosie the Rocketeer — meet up with their rocket Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi was moved to its Florida launch complex and set atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5… Read More
NASA watchdog report sharpens debate over cost of SpaceX vs. Boeing spaceships Boeing is in line to get paid substantially more per seat than SpaceX for astronaut trips to the International Space… Read More
SpaceX executes ground-based test firing for Crew Dragon’s launch escape system SpaceX went the distance today with a static-fire test of its Crew Dragon space taxi’s launch escape system — the… Read More
Boeing traces problem with Starliner parachute system to an unsecured pin For want of a pin, the use of a spaceship’s parachute was lost. That may be a simplistic way to… Read More
NASA is ‘thrilled’ with pad abort test for Boeing’s Starliner space taxi despite parachute glitch Boeing cleared a key milestone for launching NASA astronauts on its CST-100 Starliner space taxi today by executing an end-to-end… Read More
Virgin Galactic soars and then levels off on first day as publicly traded space company Like the rocket plane it operates, Virgin Galactic’s stock price blasted off on its first day as a publicly traded… Read More
Boeing to invest $20M in Virgin Galactic, marking a milestone team-up in commercial space Boeing says it’s planning to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic once it goes public, potentially unlocking a new level… Read More
