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Remains of Falcon Heavy center core returned to port
Derek RichardsonApril 18th A week after launching, what remains of the Falcon Heavy center core that toppled over because of rough seas has been returned to port.
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Gallery: S.S. Roger Chaffee lifts off on flight to ISS
Jason RhianApril 17th Taking to the skies at the very opening of a five-minute long launch window, Northrop Grumman Corporation's S.S. Roger Chaffee Cygnus cargo freighter leaped into the skies from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A. The mission got underway at 4:46 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
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New details emerge about Titan’s methane lakes
Laurel KornfeldApril 17th Methane lakes on Titan run deep and play a crucial role in its hydrologic cycle, according to new studies published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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Science, supplies and a robot set to launch to ISS on Antares
Lloyd CampbellApril 16th Northrop Grumman's NG-11 Cygnus mission is the next flight on the runway to ferry supplies to the International Space Station.
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Video: Countdown to history – Falcon Heavy soars with Arabsat-6A!
Jason RhianApril 16th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX launched the second of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets with the 13,230 lbs Arabsat-6A satellite as its payload on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:35 p.m. ET (22:35 GMT). The historic mission safely sent its payload on its way to geostationary orbit and also saw three of the rocket's first stage cores successfully touch back down for reuse.
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Astronaut Owen K. Garriott passes away aged 88
Joe LatrellApril 15th Skylab and Space Shuttle veteran Owen K. Garriott died Monday at age 88 in his home in Huntsville Alabama. The news was released by Garriott’s family to the Association of Space Explorers.
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No booster for you! Falcon Heavy core stage topples over in rough seas
Jason RhianApril 15th A tweet made by Tim "The Everyday Astronaut" Dodd reported that the core booster of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched April 11 has been lost to the sea.
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SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract
Jason RhianApril 15th SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission for NASA, marking the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the company.
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NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship
Curt GodwinApril 15th When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance.
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Gallery: Stratolaunch arcs across Golden skies
Jason RhianApril 14th When Howard Hughes took his wooden "Spruce Goose" into the skies it was the first and only time the vehicle lifted off the ground (or ocean as it were). Saturday's flight of the massive Stratolaunch aircraft will likely not encounter the same fate.
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Stratolaunch aircraft makes 1st flight
Patrick AttwellApril 13th At 6:58 a.m. PST (13:58 GMT) April 13, 2019, the world’s largest airplane took to the skies for the first time above the Mojave Desert.
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Rocket Lab adds spacecraft building program
Jim SharkeyApril 13th Rocket Lab unveiled its in-house developed and built Photon satellite platform at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Science, supplies and a robot set to launch to ISS on Antares
Lloyd CampbellApril 16th Northrop Grumman's NG-11 Cygnus mission is the next flight on the runway to ferry supplies to the International Space Station.
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No booster for you! Falcon Heavy core stage topples over in rough seas
Jason RhianApril 15th A tweet made by Tim "The Everyday Astronaut" Dodd reported that the core booster of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched April 11 has been lost to the sea.
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SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract
Jason RhianApril 15th SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission for NASA, marking the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the company.
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Stratolaunch aircraft makes 1st flight
Patrick AttwellApril 13th At 6:58 a.m. PST (13:58 GMT) April 13, 2019, the world’s largest airplane took to the skies for the first time above the Mojave Desert.
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3 landings, 1 commercial payload – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy makes history – again
Derek RichardsonApril 11th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — After a wait of more than a year, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has finally begun launching commercial payloads.SpaceX also managed to mark another (or was it three?) notch in its milestone list with today's flight.
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Israeli Beresheet lander crashes on Moon
Laurel KornfeldApril 11th What would have been a historic first in space exploration was not meant to be as SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft failed to successfully land on the Moon.
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Lockheed Martin unveils Orion-based Moon lander concept
Heather SmithApril 11th Lockheed Martin unveiled designs for a lunar lander that could be built quickly to meet the vice president's challenge to return humans to the Moon by 2024.
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Astronomical history! First image of black hole captured
Jason RhianApril 10th Black holes were known to exist but, until recently, no images of them had ever been captured. An international network of radio telescopes has changed all that.
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NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon exploration
Derek RichardsonApril 10th During the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outlined more of NASA’s Moon by 2024 plan.
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Astronauts route power cables during 3rd spacewalk of 2019
Derek RichardsonApril 9th During a 6.5-hour spacewalk, two International Space Station astronauts finished battery work and routed cables across the outpost.
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s 2nd Falcon Heavy to launch Arabsat-6A
Patrick AttwellApril 8th SpaceX is poised to conduct the first commercial launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat-6A mission as early as this week.
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Curiosity update: Methane spike confirmed and Martian eclipses observed
Jim SharkeyApril 7th A methane spike detected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in 2013 has been confirmed by researchers reanalyzing data captured by the Mars Express orbiter.
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Launch date of 2nd Falcon Heavy flight pushed back
Jason RhianApril 5th The first flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket with a commercial payload will have to wait a little while longer before lifting off from Kennedy Space Center.
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SpaceIL’s Beresheet now in lunar orbit
Joe LatrellApril 5th After firing its engines for six minutes, the Beresheet Moon lander transitioned from a highly-elliptical Earth orbit to a new lunar orbit.
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Progress MS-11 launches toward ISS on 2-orbit trek
Derek RichardsonApril 4th Russia launched a Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the latest Progress resupply freighter bound for the International Space Station.
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Raptor roars under Starship prototype in 1st static fire test
Derek RichardsonApril 4th SpaceX’s stainless steel Starship prototype in South Texas has undergone its first static fire test with a Raptor engine installed beneath it.
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Remains of Falcon Heavy center core returned to port
April 18th
A week after launching, what remains of the Falcon Heavy center core that toppled over because of rough seas has been returned to port. -
Gallery: S.S. Roger Chaffee lifts off on flight to ISS
April 17th
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New details emerge about Titan’s methane lakes
April 17th
Methane lakes on Titan run deep and play a crucial role in its hydrologic cycle, according to new studies published in the journal Nature Astronomy. -
Video: Countdown to history – Falcon Heavy soars with Arabsat-6A!
April 16th
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX launched the second of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets with the 13,230 lbs Arabsat-6A satellite as its payload on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:35 p.m. ET (22:35 GMT). The historic mission safely sent its payload on its way to geostationary orbit and also saw three of the rocket's first stage cores successfully touch back down for reuse. -
Astronaut Owen K. Garriott passes away aged 88
April 15th
Skylab and Space Shuttle veteran Owen K. Garriott died Monday at age 88 in his home in Huntsville Alabama. The news was released by Garriott’s family to the Association of Space Explorers. -
NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship
April 15th
When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance. -
Gallery: Stratolaunch arcs across Golden skies
April 14th
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Rocket Lab adds spacecraft building program
April 13th
Rocket Lab unveiled its in-house developed and built Photon satellite platform at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. -
Gallery: Falcon Heavy with Arabsat-6A – Hard as thunder, light as rain
April 11th
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High winds ground Falcon Heavy
April 10th
Higher than acceptable upper level winds prompt mission managers at SpaceX to postpone the launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket. -
Video: SpaceX raises the Heavy
April 10th
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Launch preparations continued for the second flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. Part of those efforts included raising the 730-foot-tall rocket into the vertical position. -
2nd Falcon Heavy launch rescheduled for Wednesday
April 9th
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which had been slated to lift off today, has been rescheduled. The cause of this readjustment to the mission's time table is one all too familiar to launch service providers working on the Space Coast. -
Hubble Kuiper Belt survey to focus on binary systems
April 8th
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is set to use the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct the largest ever survey of the Kuiper Belt. -
Gallery: 2 shuttle astronauts added to Hall of Fame
April 7th
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Boeing’s first crewed test flight gains extension
April 5th
Missions are often altered as they are readied for flight. The first crewed launch for Boeing's CST-100 "Starliner" spacecraft appears to be no exception.
