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SpaceX to Attempt First Full Recovery of Starship in Friday Launch from Texas

SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship Flight 15 as soon as Friday from Starbase, Texas, and try to catch both…

33 minutes ago

Aerospike Engines – Why Aren’t We Using them Now?

Over 50 years ago an engine was designed that overcame the inherent design inefficiencies of bell-shaped rocket nozzles, but despite…

8 years ago

Space Policy Directive-2, Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of Space [Full Text]

MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF…

8 years ago

President Obama's Treacherous Deals with the Russians

President Obama gave a hot mic supplication to departing Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that Putin should give him more "space"…

15 years ago

Time-lapse: 5 years on Mars becomes 3 minutes of video

This three minute video takes us through a journey that consisted of 5 years, 3 months and 27 days on…

15 years ago

Space, The Final Frontier

I am old enough to remember the USSR putting the first capsule into orbit and the underlying panic that ensued…

15 years ago