NASA has formally selected SpaceX to produce a vehicle to allow a controlled entry of the International Space Station (ISS) and safe landing in the sea. The decision comes in tandem with the agency’s supporting role in commercial efforts to create smaller commercial...
A spacewalk attempt on the International Space Station (ISS) was dramatically cut short after a spacesuit water leak occurred inside the airlock. The Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA-90) started on 24 June with the two astronauts, Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt, fully...
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of June (space orders can be found in...
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the main space conference of the world because it allows space agencies to come together, exchange policy and mission ideas, present new technology and findings, and even sign international agreements. It already...
On its final voyage, the Virgin Galactic suborbital rocket SpaceShipTwo ‘Unity’ was launched on the Galactic 07 human rocket flight to the edge of space. The carrier aircraft VMS Eve lifted off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 1428 GMT on 8 June with Unity...
Partially reusable launches have been performed many times. The Space Shuttle Orbiter was, in fact, the main stage of a partially reusable rocket system. More recently Elon Musk perfected the concept of fully reusable first stage rockets with his successful Falcon...
