spacecraft

SpaceX to send 3 unmanned missions to Mars leading to a manned mission

Posted in Science on 4th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX to send an unmanned mission to Mars using the Dragon V2 starting in 2018 and launch a rocket to Mars every 26 months.

India launches mini space shuttle

Posted in Hardware on 23rd May, 2016
by Alex Muller

India has launched an unmanned model space shuttle, joining the race to develop reusable spacecraft.

DARPA prepares to build a new space plane-drone

Posted in Science on 9th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's "XS-1" project, is on a mission to build a reusable vehicle for launching small payloads into orbit.

How SpaceX plans to land on Mars in 2018 using the most powerful rocket in the world

Posted in Hardware on 1st May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Red Dragon will go to Mars to retrieve samples collected by NASAs Mars rover and then return them to Earth.

NASA says it will help SpaceX with Mars 2018 mission

Posted in Science on 28th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX just announced it's hoping to land an uncrewed Dragon capsule on Mars in 2018, which would make it the first private company to land on another planet. But it's not going alone.