The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has achieved something no other mission—or synchronized swimmer—has before: autonomous, precision formation flying in space with millimeter accuracy. ESA’s ...
Introduction -- Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives -- The Cold War space race -- Space science and exploration -- A global space infrastructure -- Astroculture : spaceflight and the ...
"The flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and ended on July 21, 2011, with wheels stop of STS-135.
SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the ninth time ever today (May 27), on a bold test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware. Starship's two stages ...
NASA will wait at least another day to send a fresh crew to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, including three fliers who were assigned to the flight after NASA ran ...
In case you missed it: an all-female flight crew took off to space in the famous Blue Origin space flight extravaganza. On April 14, the crew — consisting of Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, ...
Blue Origin has announced a partnership with Scout Space, a company focused on orbital domain awareness and safety in space. Scout's Owl sensor will be the first payload to fly on Blue Origin's Blue ...
On its third try, a SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket lifted off from the southern tip of Texas on Aug. 26, kicking off a 66-min. suborbital flight test. Credit: SpaceX Iteration in action is ...