All posts tagged "rocket"

Virgin Galactic Sends a Rocket Plane to Space Again, in Its Highest Flight Yet

[ad_1] After its first spaceflight in December, Virgin Galactic sent the same vessel past the edge of the atmosphere for a second time on Friday. This...

Virgin Galactic: Rocket reaches space again in test flight

[ad_1] John Antczak, The Associated Press Published Friday, February 22, 2019 4:11PM EST LOS ANGELES — Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane reached space for a second time...

SpaceX rocket blasts off carrying Israeli lunar lander

[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel’s first lunar lander on a mission that, if successful, will make the...

Israeli moon mission SpaceIL to launch on SpaceX rocket

[ad_1] An illustration of “Beresheet,” a 1,300-lb robotic lunar robot that could make Israel the fourth country ever to land on the moon’s surface.SpaceIL SpaceX is...

SpaceX layoffs: All of the jobs Elon Musk’s rocket company is cutting

[ad_1] A photo-illustration of Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, and Gwynne Shotwell, the rocket company’s president and chief operating officer.Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Official SpaceX Photos/Flickr; Shayanne...

Elon Musk released a photo SpaceX’s test hopper rocket

[ad_1] An illustration of SpaceX’s “test hopper,” an experimental stainless-steel ship. Though it won’t launch into space, the vehicle will help Elon Musk’s rocket company work...

‘Cosmonaut experience’: RT launches ‘Space360’ project

The National for December 3, 2018 — Canadian in orbit, India tripreport, Polar bear health

Rocket Launches, Trips to the Moon and More Space and Astronomy Events in 2019

[ad_1] Below are some of the launches, space science and other events we anticipate. You’ll find these and others added to your calendar as their dates...