Honda Nails Rocket Landing In First Step Toward The Final Frontier
Honda sticks the landing – and enters the space race with a rocket that actually comes back down in one piece
Inside Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Factory Crafting The Future of Reusable Rockets [Video]
Kudos to this YouTuber for getting a tour with Bezos as his guide considering how closed-door this company has been.
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.
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.
Unidentified Mystery Object Washes Up On Australian Beach
Residents visited the site to see the cylinder, with one local describing it as a ‘great social evening’. “It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it.”
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.
These Peeps Are Headed To Space On Blue Origin’s Next Trip
The trip will take six people into space for approximately 10 minutes, where they will experience weightlessness.
A Massive Chinese Space Part Is Tumbling Towards New York…Or New Zealand
The Long March 5B rocket was successfully launched from China’s space station, and now a large part of it is making its way back down to Earth, where it’s expected to land…somewhere.
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.
NASA Gears Up To Ignite “The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built” [Videos]
NASA once again has its sights set on the Moon, and it’s built a beast of a rocket to get the job done.
Explosions And Angry Astronomers Mark A Terrible Week For SpaceX [Videos]
SpaceX’s Starship prototype literally blew its lid during a ground test in Texas on Wednesday, capping a rather average week for the company.
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.
Whoah! Stunning Footage Of Virgin Galactic’s Latest Supersonic Test Flight [VIDEO]
This new SpaceShipTwo rocket-powered test flight video documents the piloted vehicle’s flight on 10 January of this year, which set a company altitude record by reaching 71,000 feet (21,641 meters). SpaceShipTwo also attained a top speed of Mach 1.4, which is roughly 1,225 kph.
This Video Of Elon Musk’s Rocket’s Skills Will Blow One’s Mind [VIDEO]
From the billionaire who wants to build an 80,000 person colony on mars, create auto-pilot cars, and envisions the a steel tube that will get 28 passengers from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes, comes this awesome video. Check out Elon Musk’s out of this world rocket skills.
Watch This Russian Rocket Explode After Launch [VIDEO]
Proton-M rocket exploded 10-15 seconds after take-off. With no reported casualties, fuel emitted from the rocket has contaminated the area.
NASA’s Largest And Most Powerful Rocket Is On Track For A 2017 Test Flight
This is NASA’s largest and most powerful rocket to date. And the aim is for it to have its first test flight in 2017. Low-Earth orbit travel will be a thing of the past for NASA: they want the Space Launch System to take them to new heights.