Photo: Polaris Program/John Kraus SpaceX, somehow not the worst American space company, has long had big plans for its missions. From spacewalks to killing the International Space Station, the company …
Everyone knew Elon Musk was overpaying for Twitter when he bought the social media platform back in 2022. That’s precisely why the billionaire tried to back out of the deal …
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Astronauts in the International Space Station are always carrying out experiments to see how different materials behave in space and now, instead of looking into how zero gravity impacts things …
It’s no secret that Jalopnik isn’t exactly Elon Musk’s biggest fan. Sure, he’s responsible for the most important car of the 21st century, and SpaceX does some neat stuff when …
With no consensus on the safety of the Starliner crew capsule, NASA officials said Wednesday they need another week or two before deciding whether to bring two astronauts back to …
During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials for the first time publicly discussed divisions within the agency about whether the Starliner spacecraft is really reliable enough to return two …
When NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner craft, they thought they’d spend eight days in orbit camping out and …
Rendering of Jeff Koons: Moon Phase (Leonardo da Vinci), Earth component of NFT. Mock-up of Cubesat and Moon Phase placement © Jeff Koons In 1965, six American artists delicately etched …
SpaceX is, for all intents and purposes, the current state of American space flight. Sure, there’s that Boeing rocket, but we’ve all seen how that’s going — SpaceX is now …