Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA Test Crew astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, seen through a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft. Image: NASA. After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out returning two astronauts to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites its Merlin engines during a static fire test at dawn on August 25, 2024. The test follows a dry suit test on the mission’s flight day. Image: Flight Space Now The SpaceX and Polaris Dawn teams…Read More »
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A Starlink 8-6 mission strip showing the Falcon 9 rocket flying away from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 28, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal…Read More »
File: A Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Update 5:06 am EDT: SpaceX has launched the mission and landed B1081 on the drone, “Of course I still love you.” After its second flight mission in as…Read More »
SpaceX lost its flight head booster, tail number B1062, during its attempted landing on the drone, “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” This was the 23rd flight of the booster. Image: SpaceX Update 5:20 am EDT: SpaceX is scrubbing the Starlink 9-5 launch from…Read More »
The telecommunications giant appears to be in a strong position to extend its streak of 18 consecutive dividend increases. Many investors did not like it Verizon Communications‘ (See -1.15%) third quarter update Tuesday. It is obvious from the value of Verizon that…Read More »
The solid-state battery maker still has a lot to prove. QuantumScape (QS -4.77%)a developer of lithium-metal solid-state batteries, released its third-quarter report on October 23. It did not generate any income, as it had not yet marketed its products. Its net loss…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready to launch the Polaris Dawn commercial astronaut mission from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) on…Read More »
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies over Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 8-10 mission. This was SpaceX’s return to the flight mission, following a failed booster landing on Wednesday. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 4:04 am EDT: SpaceX has…Read More »