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SpaceX 'Chopsticks' Fail May Have Been to Protect Trump

Booster wasn't caught by launch tower's mechanical arms out of an 'abundance of caution'

(Newser) - There was no so-called booster catch during SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight on Tuesday, and some more details are now trickling out on that. A SpaceX spokesman didn't initially explain what went wrong with the plan, in which the Super Heavy booster was meant to be caught by...

With Trump Looking on, Starship Takes Off
Starship Completes
6th Test Flight
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Nov 19, 2024 5:40 PM CST

Starship Completes 6th Test Flight

'Chopsticks' weren't used to catch booster this time

(Newser) - With President-elect Trump and Elon Musk looking on, the sixth Starship test flight took off Tuesday from SpaceX's launch site in southern Texas. The Super Heavy booster splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico minutes after the 5pm Eastern launch, the BBC reports. SpaceX had initially planned to catch...

SpaceX Dragon Is About to Give the ISS a Shove

On Friday, the spacecraft will 'reboost' International Space Station, ahead of its eventual destruction

(Newser) - As NASA continues to work with SpaceX in planning the International Space Station's eventual demise , SpaceX will on Friday aim for a big first in anticipation of that event. A Dragon cargo spacecraft will fire up its engines for 12 1/2 minutes in what's called a reboost, in...

Experimental Satellite's 'Cutting-Edge' Feature: Wood

Researchers predict renewable material could allow for sustainable societies in space

(Newser) - Japanese scientists are heralding a "cutting-edge technology" that could fuel humans' expansion into space: wood. As we look to establish a presence on the moon and Mars, renewable resources will be key, meaning metal must move to the side. There's also the matter of space pollution. According to...

SpaceX Sues California Regulators
SpaceX Sues
California Regulators
Oct 17, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

SpaceX Sues California Regulators

Lawsuit filed after commission denies its request to boost number of annual launches

(Newser) - The California Coastal Commission rejected SpaceX's request to increase the number of launches it makes every year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, and now SpaceX is suing the regulatory agency. The Elon Musk-founded company is accusing the commission of political bias, claiming in its lawsuit...

SpaceX Pulls Off a First With Latest Launch

It catches returning booster with mechanical arms on the launch pad

(Newser) - SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday on its boldest test flight yet—and caught the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms, per the AP . Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border....

Good News for Stranded Astronauts: Your Ride Is Here

SpaceX craft arrives at International Space Station, but won't return to Earth until February

(Newser) - The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday's arrival of a SpaceX capsule. SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will...

NASA Sends Crew to Retrieve Stranded Astronauts

SpaceX mission leaves seats empty for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore

(Newser) - Astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station to rescue two colleagues who have been stranded there for more than 100 days. The SpaceX mission took off Saturday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, CNN reports. Liftoff had been postponed on Thursday because of Hurricane...

Cards Against Humanity Files $15M Suit Against SpaceX

Company says Elon Musk's spacecraft firm trespassed on 'pristine' Texas plot, caused damage

(Newser) - Cards Against Humanity is known for its politically incorrect playing cards, but the company is now itself offended about something not related to gameplay. NBC News reports that CAH filed a lawsuit this week against Elon Musk's SpaceX, claiming that the spacecraft maker has been trespassing (and mucking up)...

First Billionaire to Walk in Space: It Wasn't 'Peaceful'

Jared Isaacman describes the 'hard, very threatening environment' on Polaris Dawn mission

(Newser) - "Earth sure looks like a perfect world," billionaire Jared Isaacman proclaimed last week during the first spacewalk ever by a private citizen. But while our planet may have looked perfect, it wasn't exactly a perfect experience for Isaacman and his three Polaris Dawn spacemates. The Shift4 founder...

It's 'Mission Complete' for Billionaire, Crew

Five-day trip included the first private spacewalk

(Newser) - A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA's moonwalkers. SpaceX's capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida's Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared...

Billionaire Space-Walker Is a High School Dropout
Billionaire
Space-Walker
Dropped Out
of High School
the rundown
Sep 12, 2024 12:07 PM CDT

Billionaire Space-Walker Dropped Out of High School

Jared Isaacman went on to become a tech entrepreneur with a passion for space

(Newser) - The world's first commercial spacewalk took place on Tuesday morning, a private operation bankrolled by the first person who emerged from the SpaceX craft. That would be Jared Isaacman, a 41-year-old tech billionaire who is now the subject of plenty of coverage:
  • Dropout: Steve Jobs famously dropped out of
...

'Earth Sure Looks Like a Perfect World'

SpaceX crew members make history with private spacewalk

(Newser) - "Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world," billionaire Jared Isaacman said Thursday morning after emerging from the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the first-ever spacewalk by a private citizen. The tech entrepreneur was...

Civilians Head to Space to Walk, Make History

SpaceX's risky Polaris Dawn mission launched early Tuesday

(Newser) - After numerous delays , SpaceX has launched one of its riskiest missions yet , sending four civilians into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt and out on what could be the first commercial spacewalk. The roughly five-day mission, known as Polaris Dawn, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:23am...

Musk: SpaceX Is Prepping for 2026 Mars Landings

And if those go well, manned launches in 2028, he says of planned Starship missions

(Newser) - Elon Musk's long-held dream for his SpaceX spacecraft to make it to Mars appears to be ever closer to coming to fruition, at least according to Musk. In a weekend post on X , the social media platform he owns, Musk noted that "the first Starships to Mars will...

Starliner Is Back on Earth, Sans Crew

Boeing capsule lands in New Mexico, leaving astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore at ISS

(Newser) - Boeing's first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. Six hours after departing the International Space Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range,...

Starliner to Return Friday, Empty
NASA Books Starliner's Return
Sep 4, 2024 7:30 PM CDT

NASA Books Starliner's Return

Stranded astronauts will be regular crew on space station until February

(Newser) - Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner spacecraft has been scheduled to begin its return journey to Earth on Friday evening, NASA said Wednesday, with no one aboard. Six hours after it leaves the International Space Station, around midnight, the spacecraft is to make a parachute landing at the White Sands Space Harbor...

These 4 Will Have to Wait a Bit Longer for Historic Mission
SpaceX Postpones
Historic Mission Again
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 28, 2024 8:41 AM CDT

SpaceX Postpones Historic Mission Again

Weather delays SpaceX's Polaris Dawn expedition, to feature first spacewalk ever by private citizens

(Newser) - A civilian quartet was set to blast off into space from Florida on Wednesday morning, on their way to the first spacewalk ever by private citizens, but that mission has now been postponed. The BBC reports that Elon Musk's SpaceX, just hours before liftoff, cited "unfavorable weather forecasted"...

For Safety's Sake, NASA Picks SpaceX to Return Astronauts

The decision, a blow to Boeing, means crew members will stay in space until next year

(Newser) - NASA announced Saturday that it had made its decision on how two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth: in SpaceX's Dragon capsule instead of in Boeing's Starliner. Referring to past fatal accidents, NASA officials said the astronauts' safety was the main driver...

Billionaire's Crew Prepares for Challenging SpaceX Flight

It's the first of three Polaris missions intended to move space travel along

(Newser) - The crew has arrived in Cape Canaveral to prepare for SpaceX's next private flight, a free-flying, challenging five-day mission that is to include a spacewalk. Polaris Dawn is the first flight of three that billionaire Jared Isaacman bought two years ago for his human spaceflight effort called the Polaris...

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