NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has survived its sixth flight on the Red Planet, but not everyone went to plan, with some ‘unexpected motion’ in the final few feet. This motion was from an ‘image processing issue’ but the 4lb copter ‘muscled through’ the final 213ft of its 703ft flight over the Martian surface, NASA JPL … Read more
SpaceX completes its 100th successful flight in a row TODAY with a Falcon 9 launch that delivered 60 new Starlink internet satellites to orbit SpaceX launched 60 new Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket The mission marked SpaceX’s 100th successful flight in a row The record dates back to 2015, when rocket exploded prior … Read more
SpaceX aims for its 100th successful flight in a row TODAY with a Falcon 9 rocket launch that will deliver 60 new Starlink internet satellites to orbit SpaceX is launching 60 new Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket If all goes to plan, this will be SpaceX’s 100th successful flight in a row The … Read more
Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, 61, is dusting off her space suit for another trip to the final frontier. Whitson, who spent more time in space than any other American astronaut, is set to serve as mission commander for a private flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Along for the ride will be John … Read more
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is going to attempt a sixth flight on Mars next week, reaching speeds of up to nine miles per hour and flying for over two minutes. This will be the first flight as part of the ‘operations demonstration phase’ that includes helping the Perseverance rover in its mission to find ancient signs … Read more
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is going to attempt a sixth flight on Mars next week, reaching speeds of up to nine miles per hour and flying for over two minutes. This will be the first flight as part of the ‘operations demonstration phase’ that includes helping the Perseverance rover in its mission to find ancient signs … Read more
There wasn’t a single spare seat on the first flight out from Heathrow to Lisbon on Monday. But it didn’t feel like a stampede as some 140 passengers quietly, and a little nervously, boarded BA flight 500. They were clutching their hand luggage, cradling coffees – and praying they had not only the right paperwork to … Read more
There wasn’t a single spare seat on the first flight out from Heathrow to Lisbon on Monday. But it didn’t feel like a stampede as some 140 passengers quietly, and a little nervously, boarded BA flight 500. They were clutching their hand luggage, cradling coffees – and praying they had not only the right paperwork to … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX reveals ambitious plans for Starship’s first orbital flight that will see the 160ft-tall rocket launch from Texas before landing 90 minutes later off the coast of Hawaii An FCC filing has revealed that SpaceX is planning its first orbit launch Starship 15 will launch from Texas before making a ‘soft landing’ off … Read more
NASA announced Friday that Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight, which saw the small helicopter ‘fly farther and faster than ever before.’ The $85 million drone traveled 872 feet (266 meters) at a height of 16 feet (5 meters) for two minutes. The American space agency received the data downlink at 1:39pm ET that showed the … Read more