SpaceX Achieves Historic Booster Catch During Starship Test
Company successfully catches its Super Heavy booster using a pair of metal ‘chopsticks,’ marking the first time such a maneuver has been completed.
Company successfully catches its Super Heavy booster using a pair of metal ‘chopsticks,’ marking the first time such a maneuver has been completed.
Space agency is gearing up to send Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft it has developed for a planetary mission, on a 1.8-billion-mile journey.
Although beset by delays, the project is moving steadily toward launch.
Spaceflight will be the ninth Commercial Crew astronaut rotation mission SpaceX has performed for NASA.
Agency leader Mike Whitaker fields questions about the delayed fifth flight of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket.
Agency alleges a failure to stick to licensing rules.
Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis each spent a few minutes outside the Dragon capsule, performing tests on their spacesuits.
The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.
The historic mission will see civilian astronauts attempt a spacewalk for the first time in history, and spaceflight enthusiasts can watch it live.
The space agency outlined its spacecraft salvage operation as astronauts are forced to stay at ISS another six months.