Chinese Rocket Crashes After ‘Accidental’ Launch, Sending Locals Scurrying [Video]
On Sunday, a privately owned Chinese space rocket met a fiery demise near a bustling city.
Maiden Human Test Flight Of Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Set For Tomorrow
The mission follows a series of delays, including a scrubbed launch attempt on May 6 due to a “buzzing” valve aboard the Atlas V rocket and a subsequent helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft.
Watch The Space One Rocket Explode After Launching In Japan [Video]
The plan had been for Kairos – an ancient Greek word meaning “the right moment” – to put the satellite into orbit about 51 minutes after take-off.
Ashes Of Star Trek Cast To Float Around Space Forever After Botched Moon Mission
The giant rocket launched into space on the 8th of January and was headed towards the moon, but the mission unravelled very quickly and it has now been declared a huge failure.
Europe Blasts Off For Jupiter’s Icy Moons In Search Of Life [Video]
Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa are thought to retain vast reservoirs of liquid water under their icy crusts.
Incredible Bird’s-Eye View Of The Falcon 9 Rocket Launch [Videos]
The man who managed to see SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lift off from his seat on a United Airlines flight said it totally topped any in-flight-entertainment.
Highlights From NASA’s Launch Of The Most Powerful Rocket Ever [Videos]
The SLS lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre early Wednesday morning and sent the Orion spacecraft on a 25-day journey to the Moon and back.
Helicopter Catches Rocket Mid-Air [Video]
This space company planned to retrieve a rocket booster in mid-air with a helicopter for the first time ever, which they successfully managed, somewhat.
New Rocket Launch Record Set Outside Of Cape Town [Videos]
UKZN’s Aerospace Systems Research Group successfully launched a hybrid sounding rocket just shy of 18 kilometres into Earth’s atmosphere, setting a new African record.
SpaceX Landing Doesn’t Go Well – Explodes [Video]
We can all be relieved that Elon Musk’s Starship SN8 prototype wasn’t manned when it plummeted back to Earth.
Here’s What NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Looking For On Mars [Videos]
The Perseverance Rover is loaded up on Atlas 5 and ready to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Destination: Mars.
Pretty Wild – Watch US Astronauts Cruise Into Space Station With Floating Greetings [Videos]
This past weekend, for the first time in history, a commercial aerospace company carried humans into Earth’s orbit.
Very Cool: SA Team Breaks Record With Karoo Rocket Launch [Video]
A rocket, made entirely from South African parts (including a curtain rail and toaster parts), has broken the African amateur rocket altitude record.
SA’s Own Rocket Launch Mission Ends With A Massive Bang [Video]
A team of students from the University of the KwaZulu Natal attempted their first “home-grown research rocket” launch yesterday. It didn’t go to plan.
Watching A Rocket Launch From Space Is Pretty Awesome [Videos]
A satellite firm used their resources to capture a rocket launch from space, a perspective we’re not often treated to. Turns out it’s worth all the effort.
A Frog Photobombed The NASA Rocket Launch [PIC]
On 6 September, NASA’s rocket Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) took off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the same time, a frog took one giant leap for amphibiankind and photobombed the whole thing. Take that, rocket ship.