SpaceX tests heat shields that will stop its Starship from burning up

Posted on 18/03/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

After successfully getting its Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) and back, SpaceX has shifted focus to another huge project: the interplanetary Starship. In a tweet, Elon Musk showed off tests on the Starship's heat shield,...

Tiangong-1 Space Station Mostly Burned Up on Reentry

Posted on 02/04/2018 by i4u

The wait is over for the out-of-control Chinese Space Station to crash. The Tiangong-1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere at around 8:15 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 1 over the South Pacific.The fears that...

Tiangong-1 Space Station Mostly Burned Up on Reentry

Posted on 02/04/2018 by i4u

New Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Forecast Released

Posted on 01/04/2018 by i4u

Update: The Tiangong-1 has reentered Earth's atmosphere. The European Space Agency has issued a new reentry forecast for the out-of-control Chinese Space Station on April 1. The new update is...

New Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Forecast Released

Posted on 01/04/2018 by i4u

The European Space Agency has issued a new reentry forecast for the out-of-control Chinese Space Station on April 1. The new update is not an April Fools' joke. Tiangong-1 might even miss April 1....

Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Is Now An April Fools’ Joke

Posted on 31/03/2018 by i4u

The out-of-control Chinese Space Station will crash later than an expected. The newest ESA reentry forecast points to Sunday, April 1, April Fools' Day. On Friday ESA believed that Tiangong-1 would...

Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Is Now An April Fools’ Joke

Posted on 31/03/2018 by i4u

China’s first space station will burn up in late 2017

Posted on 20/09/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

Officials in China have conceded that Tiangong-1, the nation's first space station, has now settled into a decaying orbit. That's a sanitized, polite way of saying that the 18,753 pound craft is now hurtling towards Earth with no way of controlling i...

PSA: SpaceX’s Dragon due to splash down at 11:44am ET (video)

Posted on 31/05/2012 by Daniel Cooper

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully departed the International Space Station at 4:07am ET and began its gentle descent into the atmosphere soon after. It's the home straight for the historic private spaceflight company as it concludes its first ever supply mission to the heavens. It's due to splash down in the Pacific Ocean, a few hundred miles off the coast of southern California at 11:44am ET. If you'd like to watch the craft being retrieved from its watery berth then head on past the break, with coverage set to begin from 10:15am ET.

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SpaceX tests heat shields that will stop its Starship from burning up

Tiangong-1 Space Station Mostly Burned Up on Reentry

Tiangong-1 Space Station Mostly Burned Up on Reentry

New Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Forecast Released

New Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Forecast Released

Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Is Now An April Fools’ Joke

Tiangong-1 Space Station Reentry Is Now An April Fools’ Joke

China’s first space station will burn up in late 2017

PSA: SpaceX’s Dragon due to splash down at 11:44am ET (video)