WATCH: 24 of the most famous space launches ever
Space SpaceX's Falcon Heavy test is just the latest. On February 6, SpaceX tested its Falcon Heavy rocket, the largest since NASA's Saturn V. In honor of that, here are 24 of the most famous space...
View ArticleHere's China's plan to compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin
Eastern Arsenal Private companies want to launch reusable space rockets in 2020. China's going to fly a reusable Long March 8 rocket in 2020.
View ArticleThe weirdest things we learned this week: scientists doing sex magick,...
Science Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to this...
View ArticleChina's super-sized space plans may involve help from Russia
Eastern Arsenal Long March 9 The 4,000 ton Long March 9 (LM-9) could be destined for Mars missi…
View ArticleSpaceX wants to send private citizens to the moon (again)
Space We all want to know who it is. Tonight at 9 pm eastern time, the world will gain a first glance at the latest private citizen to hand over a load of cash in exchange for a promised rare trip into…
View ArticleTwo astronauts just survived a ‘ballistic descent’ in a Russian rocket....
Space American Nick Hague and Russian Alexey Ovchinin endured a rough emergency landing. On Thursday morning, two astronauts en route to the International Space Station were forced to make an...
View ArticleWatch NASA dump 450,000 gallons of water in less than a minute
Space Launching a big rocket? You'll need to get wet. Space is hard, and it's not always glamorous getting there. Sometimes NASA blows us away in mundane ways—like by shooting about 450,000 gallons of...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic finally made it to space. Here's what that means.
Space It's not just a big deal for future space tourists, either. The work these companies are doing could be tremendously helpful in opening up more research opportunities to labs around the world.
View ArticleThis is why rocket launches always get delayed
Space Weather, weather, and sometimes boats. Four different rocket launches were scheduled to take off on Tuesday, and exactly none of those rockets actually took off.
View ArticleGrabbing hold and letting go: The exploding bolts that bring us to space
Space The story of heroic fasteners that will get us to the moon and back. It'll take millions of pounds of rocketry to get humans back to the moon, but only 20,000 will return home. We'd get nowwhere...
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