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Orbital’s Antares launches cool science experiments to space
NASA and Orbital ATK had to put off Antares' comeback until the next day due to a glitch, but everything went well the second try. The rocket finally blasted off to space carrying a Cygnus spacecraft with supplies for the ISS, as well as a bunch of c...
Orbital ATK’s Antares Rocket Launch Postponed by 24 Hours
Watch Orbital’s Antares rocket fly for the first time in 2 years
Orbital ATK's new and improved Antares rocket is ready for lift off two years after the company's unfortunate accident. Back in 2014, its older version blew up merely six seconds after launch, taking the space station's supplies with it. Since then,...
Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket Lands Successfully After Escape System Test
Blue Origin successfully tests its crew escape system
Blue Origin's escape system test went by without a hitch. Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight outfit successfully ejected the crew capsule from the New Shepherd rocket about 45 seconds after launch, shooting it away at about 400MPH before parachutes car...
Watch Blue Origin test its crew escape system on October 4th
Blue Origin is about to take an important step toward its first manned flights. Jeff Bezos and company are planning to test New Shepherd's mid-flight escape system on October 4th, with a live stream beginning at 10:50AM Eastern. The firm promises t...
SpaceX Rocket Explosion was Sabotage?
SpaceX’s Mars Rocket will be Reused a Thousand Times
Elon Musk’s grand plan to colonize Mars
Elon Musk is the man with a vision for a human mission to Mars, and on Tuesday he shared his plans at the International Astronautical Conference in Mexico, with a talk titled "Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species." On-stage, Musk said that there ar...