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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner in wrong orbit after maiden launch
Posted in Science on 21st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
The rendezvous with the ISS has been abandoned in favor of returning the capsule to a controlled landing at Whites Sands Missile Range in New Mexico after about 48 hours.
SpaceX Rocket Emissions Similar to Large Jets Crossing the Oceans
Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 18th Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Sub-orbital flights should need only need about 25% of the fuel. This would reduce Starship emissions to about 200 tons of CO2 per flight.
Mars 2020 landing site could be a fossil hotspot
Posted in Science on 13th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“We know from Earth that this mineral phase is exceptional at preserving microfossils and other biosignatures, so that makes these outcrops exciting targets for the rover to explore.”
SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites
Posted in Business, Hardware, Online on 12th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
SpaceX sent another 60 satellites into orbit on Monday, one of many such launches the company hopes to conduct over the next year as it works to build a massive broadband-from-space business.
SpaceX and Boeing Could be Ready to Fly Astronauts in the First Quarter of 2020
Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 6th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
SpaceX’s In-Flight Abort test must go perfectly. The test is scheduled for December. SpaceX crew Dragon’s Demo-2 astronaut launch could occur as early as February or March 2020.