31 posts tagged ‘spacex’
Goodbye mysterious military space plane, and good luck – wherever you’re going
TechCrunch,
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane to orbit last night after weeks of delays, though scant details about the mission have been released to the public. The Falcon Heavy lifted off on the clandestine mission at 8:07 PM Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B space plane, a […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks, and More Science News of the Week
Gizmodo,
Our top science stories this week include a physics experiment to turn light into matter, an update from NASA’s Juno mission (it’s about to make a close encounter with Jupiter’s moon Io), and a roundup of the best archaeological discoveries of 2023. Read more...
Siri's Not Dead Yet, Jony Ive Comes Out of Hibernation, and More of the Biggest Tech News
The sleepy week between Christmas and New Year’s is for hangouts and hangovers. That is unless you work at Apple. For the folks in Cupertino, this week was all about trying to get the Apple Watch unbanned and scrambling to find a new lead designer for the iPhone. Read more...
Sorry Elon: Chinese Company Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular Electric Carmaker
2023 was a bad year for Elon Musk. Even before his antisemitic tirade, the billionaire’s mounting failures at X/Twitter took Musk from media darling to a near-laughing stock. His bid to take SpaceX pubic is faltering after its satellite internet business Starlink brought in just $1.4 billion of the $12 billion Musk… Read more...
Iconic SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks in the Ocean
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster broke apart after completing its 19th mission, tipping over on the floating droneship in the Atlantic Ocean due to high winds. Read more...
Asteroid Mining Startup Runs Into Trouble in First Mission
Since launching its first test mission to vaporize bits of an asteroid in space, AstroForge has struggled to keep a hold of its spacecraft and is now at risk of losing the ability to send commands to the in-orbit demonstration. Read more...
Three Satellites From SpaceX's Latest Rideshare Mission Are Missing in Action
Among the over 100 satellites that launched on board SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission, three failed to deploy and their current whereabouts are unknown. Read more...
How to Watch SpaceX Launch Space Force’s Spaceplane for the First Time
For the first time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will attempt to deliver the Pentagon’s spaceplane to low Earth orbit. The mission marks the seventh for the mysterious spacecraft, aiming to expand the Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment and test new technologies. Read more...