A Soyuz spacecraft lift-off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on the way to the ISS. (Photo by NASA / Joel) … [+] Kowski by Getty Images) Getty Images by NASA US astronauts now fly from American soil to the International Space Station (ISS), right? So why is NASA astronaut Russia going to …
Read More »SpaceX’s starman-helmed Tesla flies through Mars
The area around Mars received endless cooling as SpaceX’s “starman,” the spacecraft-sports-man behind Elon Musk’s solar system-traveling Tesla Roadster, this week, created the first intimate flyby of the Red Planet, 5 million miles. Two years ago, Starman’s Tesla was secured in the second phase of the Falcon Heavy Rocket to …
Read More »Won the Pentagon Award for Musk’s SpaceX missile tracking satellites
London: U.S. Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a 14 149 million contract to build missile tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the Space Development Agency (SDA) said Monday (Oct. October) in the company’s first government contract to build satellites. SpaceX, known for its reusable rockets and astronaut capsules, is increasing satellite production …
Read More »SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could seriously affect the ability of scientists to explore space
The American satellite SpaceX Starlink 5 will be seen in the night past in the sky above Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark, on April 21, 2020.Photo: MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP (Getty Images) Elon Musk’s dream of an earth surrounded by cooperating clouds of satellites with a …
Read More »Watch SpaceX’s nosecone fairing with ease – BGR
SpaceX again launched 58 new Starlink satellites into orbit yesterday, and managed to capture one of its nosecone fairings as a bonus. The fairs each cost $ 6 million each, so it’s a wise business decision to try to get them back if possible. SpaceX now has more than 650 …
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