Front Page / Titelseite Successful Falcon Heavy Test Flight: “Starman” Reaches Orbit, 2/3 Rocket Cores Recovered – Falcon Heavy Demo Flight The stakes were high for SpaceX on Tuesday when their triple-core monster rocket leapt off from Florida’s Space Coast on an ambitious shakedown mission that held many unknowns for the California-based company. spaceflight101.com … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 07.02.2018” »
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Front Page / Titelseite A Bizarre Failure Scenario Emerges for Ariane 5 Mission Anomaly with SES 14 & Al Yah 3 – Spaceflight101 Europe’s Ariane 5 appears to have gotten away with a black eye on Thursday when its 97th mission veered off course from the onset of the rocket’s climb, but still managed … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 01.02.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite GAO expects delays in SpaceX and Boeing astronaut flight certification The US won’t be flying humans in space anytime soon. It’s no secret that NASA is pretty far behind schedule when it comes to returning to human spaceflight. Currently it’s working with two contractors, Boeing and SpaceX, for eventual crewed … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 25.01.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite DLR_next – Während der Gerst-Mission: Raumfahrt-Show für Schulen! Wenn der deutsche ESA-Astronaut Alexander Gerst im Jahr 2018 auf der Internationalen Raumstation ISS lebt und arbeitet, wird das auch wieder viele Kinder und Jugendliche begeistern. dlr.de Chinese Villagers Capture Falling Long March Rocket Booster on Video – Spaceflight101 Chinese villagers captured … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 18.01.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite SpaceX targeting late January for Falcon Heavy debut – SpaceNews.com SpaceX is now planning to attempt the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket around the end of this month, the company’s chief executive said Jan. 4. spacenews.com In Photos: SpaceX’s 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket Readies for Launch SpaceX … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 11.01.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite The Most Exciting Space Missions to Watch in 2018 China’s Tiangong-1 space lab has been orbiting Earth since September 2011, but it is slated for an uncontrolled re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere in late January or later, officials… space.com Looking Ahead: Space Missions for 2018 – Sky & Telescope The … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 04.01.18” »
NASA in 2017: The Space Year in Review in Videos The year 2017 was a big one for NASA. From astronaut Peggy Whitson’s record-shattering spaceflight to the daring death-dive of Cassini into Saturn and a pledge to return astronauts to the… space.com Farewell, Cassini: Saturn Spacecraft’s Crash Is Top Spaceflight Story of 2017 … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 28.12.17” »
Front Page / Titelseite Interstellar Visitor Stays Silent: No Signs of Life Yet on ‘Oumuamua The first interstellar asteroid ever discovered in our solar system remains silent, at least for now. An initial search for artificial signals coming from ‘Oumuamua, the needle-shaped… space.com Holiday Lights Shine Bright in NASA Satellite Views (Video) Festive light … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 21.12.17” »
Front Page / Titelseite NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discovery made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. nasa.gov NASA to Unveil Exoplanet Discovery Thursday NASA is about to announce some more big alien-planet … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 14.12.17” »
Front Page / Titelseite Pluto, Other Faraway Worlds May Have Buried Oceans Our solar system may harbor many more potentially habitable worlds than scientists had thought. Subsurface oceans could still slosh beneath the icy crusts of frigid, faraway worlds such as… space.com NASA’s Next Mars Rover: A Life-Hunting Curiosity 2.0 NASA’s upcoming Mars … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 07.12.2017” »