SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket
SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket

Elon Musks SpaceX isgearing up for the seventh orbital flight test of Starship, the colossalprototype rocket the company hopes will help humans colonize Mars. A launch window from the companys Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, opens at4:00 pm (2200 GMT) on Wednesday and will be carried in a live...

Blue Origin calls off debut launch of massive new rocket
Blue Origin calls off debut launch of massive new rocket

Blue Origin,Jeff Bezos space company, called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn with a prototype satellite from Floridas Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. But...

Blue Origin set to challenge Musk’s SpaceX
Blue Origin set to challenge Musk’s SpaceX

A quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin is finally ready for its maiden orbital voyage with a brand new rocket the company hopes will shake up the commercial space race. The launch initially scheduled for Sunday was pushed back a day due to unfavourable sea conditions, Blue...

India launches first space docking mission SpaDex
India launches first space docking mission SpaDex

India launched its first space docking mission on Monday night, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, called Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh...

Japan's Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again: media
Japan's Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again: media

A startup aiming to become Japans first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed a rocket launch for the second day running on Sunday, local media said, after its first try ended in a mid-air explosion. Tokyo-based Space One had initially scheduled liftoff for its Kairos rocket for...

Japanese rocket engine explodes during a test, no injuries are reported
Japanese rocket engine explodes during a test, no injuries are reported

An engine for a new small Japanese rocket reportedly burst into flames Tuesday during a combustion test. The fire, which was followed by an explosion and plumes of white smoke, followed an explosion last year by the same Epsilon S engine during a test, Japans Kyodo news agency reported. There...