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VideoSpaceX Starship prototype lost in test flight landing mishap
SpaceX launched a prototype Starship rocket Tuesday from its Boca Chica, Texas, flight facility, successfully sending the silver booster up to an altitude of about six miles as planned. But the unpiloted test flight ended with a spectacular explosion when the rocket failed to right itself and slow down enough for a tail-first landing.
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Second high-altitude Starship test flight ends in landing explosion
Starship completed a successful climb to approximately 10 kilometers altitude and then descended horizontally toward the landing site. It appeared to lose control as it was in the process of flipping back to a vertical position and exploded as it bellyflopped onto the landing pad. Watch a replay of the test flight.
VideoFAA approves Starship test after saying SpaceX violated safety rules on last flight
SpaceX defied public safety rules on its most recent Starship launch over South Texas in December, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday as it approved a license for SpaceX's next high-altitude Starship test flight scheduled for the same day.
VideoLive coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire test
A critical test-firing of the Space Launch System's core stage engines cut off about a minute into a planned eight-minute burn Saturday on a test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The rocket's four engines ignited at 5:27 p.m. EST (2227 GMT) for a test that was to pave the way for the core stage's shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations.
VideoCargo Dragon return delayed by poor weather
Poor weather in the offshore recovery zone east of Florida forced SpaceX and NASA to delay the departure of an upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship from International Space Station Monday. The capsule is bringing home several tons of research equipment, specimens, and other equipment.
VideoNASA sets mid-January target for SLS hot fire test
NASA is moving forward with a crucial test-firing of the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket as soon as Jan. 17 after engineers were satisfied with the results of a fueling test last month.
VideoLive coverage: Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule lands in Australia
Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission returned to Earth Saturday after a six-year mission to collect samples from asteroid Ryugu. The mission's sample return capsule landed in in the Australian outback around shortly before 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) Saturday.
VideoJapanese asteroid sampling mission on course for return to Earth
Six years after departing Earth, Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft released a spinning capsule Saturday containing pristine asteroid material for a scorching re-entry and landing in the remote Australian outback, where teams are standing by to retrieve the specimens for analysis.
VideoSpace station to receive new commercial airlock from Nanoracks
A privately-funded airlock from Nanoracks will head for the International Space Station this weekend in the trunk of a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule, adding to the orbiting lab’s capacity for scientific experiments in another milestone for commercial space development.
VideoLive coverage: Cargo Dragon arrives at space station
Loaded with more than 6,000 pounds of supplies, experiments, and hardware, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon freighter docked with the International Space Station at 1:40 p.m. EST (1840 GMT) Monday, one day after taking off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the first Dragon cargo mission to automatically dock with the space station.