SpaceX has shown once again that subjecting rocket hardware to the real-world flight environment pays dividends. In its latest launch, the company achieved a key milestone in its […]
Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule is en route to the ISS
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is officially on its way to the International Space Station, marking a historic first for the long-delayed astronaut transportation program. Inside the spacecraft are two […]
NASA astronauts blast off in tense launch on Boeing spacecraft
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched as planned Wednesday, June 5, sending NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams into space.
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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Unfortunately, Boeing’s Starliner launch was delayed yet again, this time due to issues with one of the three redundant computers used […]
Japanese billionaire pulls plug on private ‘dearMoon’ lunar Starship mission
The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing ongoing uncertainties around when the […]
Japanese billionaire cancels private SpaceX moon mission, crew devastated
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has cancelled his planned civilian flight to the moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship.
Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spaceship gets scuttled. Yes, again.
Ten years after NASA hired Boeing to make a new spaceship to get to the International Space Station, Starliner still hasn’t launched.
SpaceX sent Starship to orbit — the next launch will try to bring it back
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket could take to the skies for the fourth time on June 5, with the primary objective of evaluating the second stage’s reusable heat shield […]
Basalt plans to hack a defunct satellite to install its space-specific OS
Space startup Basalt Technologies started in a shed behind a Los Angeles dentist’s office, but things have escalated quickly: soon it will try to hack a derelict satellite […]
ESA prepares for the post-ISS era, selects The Exploration Company, Thales Alenia to develop cargo spacecraft
The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs of a cargo spacecraft that could establish the continent’s first sovereign access to space. The two […]