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Bigger Than The Saturn V, Bound for Deep Space
Posted in Hardware on 19th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
Part space shuttle, part Apollo era rocket, the Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket ever built. Will it be the best?
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft prepares for orbital insertion
Posted in Science on 21st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Achieving a stable orbit around the Red Planet would be the culmination of a 10-month voyage, during which the robotic explorer traveled 442 million miles.
For SpaceX, the biggest challenges lie ahead
Posted in Science on 1st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Elon Musks SpaceX has enjoyed an enviable 2014, but the real tests for the private space industry darling are still on the horizon.
NASA Approves Construction of the World's Most Powerful Rocket
Posted in Hardware on 29th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
For all the otherworldly space vehicle concepts that NASA engineers dream up, only a small percentage of them ever make it off the drawing board and onto the production line.
SpaceX Rocket explodes after launch
Posted in Hardware on 23rd Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Elon Musk: "Three engine F9R Dev1 vehicle auto-terminated during test flight. No injuries or near injuries. Rockets are tricky"