Neowin News Feed for: Rocket

From cars to cosmos: Honda's experimental rocket aces first landing test

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:36:01 +0000

Honda has performed the first flight test of an experimental reusable rocket. It's still early days for the company, but it could eventually rival SpaceX. Read more...

Nuclear rocket Pulsar Fusion Sunbird could fly 12 grown men to Pluto in just four years

Sayan Sen — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:46:01 +0000

Pulsar Fusion's Sunbird project was shown off recently, which will be a nuclear-powered rocket concept capable of carrying up to 12 grown men to Pluto in just four years. Read more...

SpaceX sets a new timeline for the Mars colony. First Starships to launch in 2026

Martin Hodás — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:16:01 +0000

Elon Musk announced a new, more realistic timeline for Starship launches toward the Red Planet. While it still sounds ambitious, the company is making progress with the world's biggest space rocket. Read more...

Boeing might get embarrassed after all as SpaceX's emergency ride is more likely than ever

Martin Hodás — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:34:01 +0000

NASA is on the brink of a significant decision: whether to let two astronauts return in Boeing's Starliner capsule or use SpaceX's Crew Dragon as an emergency backup. The stakes go beyond human lives. Read more...

Falcon 9 flew just 15 days after failed launch. SpaceX simply stripped it of faulty hardware

Martin Hodás — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:10:02 +0000

SpaceX explained the issue that led to a failed flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, obtained early permission from the FAA, and launched another batch of Starlink satellites while it works on fixes. Read more...

SpaceX ends streak of 334 flawless flights as Falcon 9 fails. Starlink survivors to die soon

Martin Hodás — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:04:01 +0000

The super-reliable Falcon 9 rocket experienced a rare anomaly, breaking its near-perfect track record. Its upper stage lost the engine during the orbit insertion of SpaceX's own Starlink satellites. Read more...

Europe celebrates the maiden flight of Ariane 6 as it regains independent access to space

Martin Hodás — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:01 +0000

The new European rocket launcher Ariane 6 completed its inaugural mission despite an anomaly in the final phase. Previous delays and failures meant Europe had no operational rocket for a year. Read more...

Watch the splashdown landing of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster tracked from the Gulf of Mexico

Martin Hodás — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:16:01 +0000

SpaceX has released the external view of the first-ever successful splashdown landing of the Super Heavy booster. Images show the landing burn of 13 Raptor engines and a slow touchdown on the water. Read more...

SpaceX has already fixed weak spot that almost killed Starship, but on a different rocket

Martin Hodás — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Even though hot plasma almost destroyed Starship's flap, the rocket nailed yesterday's vertical landing. Elon Musk says SpaceX already has a solution, and it just wasn't present on this ship. Read more...

Starship miraculously escaped death and landed in the ocean for the very first time

Martin Hodás — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:27:00 +0000

The Super Heavy first stage of SpaceX's Starship rocket made a remarkable splashdown during the successful landing simulation. Starship somehow survived the plasma hell and landed too. Read more...

Time to land: SpaceX details what went wrong with Starship, fourth flight imminent

Martin Hodás — Sat, 25 May 2024 12:58:01 +0000

The fourth integrated test flight of Starship is planned for around June 5. SpaceX details the fixes addressing the issues that caused the rocket to surrender to the heat of plasma hell in March. Read more...

A parachute failed during a crewed landing of Blue Origin's return-to-flight mission

Martin Hodás — Mon, 20 May 2024 09:44:01 +0000

Blue Origin's New Shepard returned to crewed suborbital flights, successfully sending six astronauts to space. However, after a long hiatus, there is another huge concern due to a parachute failure. Read more...

Starship cuts through hot plasma while Booster loses it during a highly impressive flight

Martin Hodás — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:44:01 +0000

Starship flew for a third time this morning. Launching from Texas, the initial phase of the test flight looked nominal. However, both the Ship and the Booster didn't reach their final destination. Read more...

SpaceX details Starship's feisty mid-flight explosion after FAA closed mishap investigation

Martin Hodás — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:44:01 +0000

Elon Musk's SpaceX has finally revealed all the details we wanted to know about Starship's November test flight explosion. Additionally, the company agreed with the FAA on proposed corrective actions. Read more...

Elon Musk has finally revealed the reason behind Starship mid-flight explosion

Martin Hodás — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 11:20:02 +0000

The November test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, although successful, ended in flames. Much was speculated on social media about the cause, but only now we finally know what actually happened. Read more...

Blue Origin reached orbit for the first time, but not on its own rocket. And Amazon is happy

Martin Hodás — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:52:01 +0000

Jeff Bezos is one happy man after his competitor, ULA, reached orbit with its brand new Vulcan rocket, powered by Blue Origin's engines. It gives him hope to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink. Read more...

Starship performs stunning launch before exploding at an altitude of 30 Km

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:55:29 +0000

SpaceX has launched Starship with the Super Heavy booster for the first time. While it did perform an incredible launch, the mission failed when both parts of the rocket blew up at a 30 Km altitude. Read more...

Virgin Orbit lays off 85% of its workforce to reduce expenses

Paul Hill — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:04:02 +0000

Virgin Orbit is laying off 85% of its workforce after it was unable to secure funding. This means 675 people will lose their jobs. The redundancies will likely be completed by April 3. Read more...

World's first 3D-printed rocket Terran 1 to launch next month

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:32:01 +0000

The 3D printing world just got more exciting because we will soon witness the launch of the world's first 3D-printed rocket. It's manufactured by Relativity Space and is set to launch in March 2023. Read more...

TWIRL 59: Axiom Space's manned mission to the ISS delayed until Wednesday

Paul Hill — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 10:00:01 +0000

This week, we are due to see the launch of Axiom Space's manned mission to the ISS. It was originally slated for last week but it had to be cancelled. SpaceX will be providing a rocket for the crew. Read more...

Starship SN11 explodes as SpaceX tries low-visibility landing

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:24:01 +0000

SpaceX's Starship SN11 mission turned into a catastrophe today as the firm attempted to launch in low-visibility conditions. Despite the thick fog, debris could be seen falling after the mishap. Read more...

SpaceX almost lands Starship successfully on the third attempt

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:12:01 +0000

SpaceX has finally managed to land a Starship rocket, however, several minutes after, the vehicle exploded due to a fire which managed to reach the propellant which subsequently ignited. Read more...

Rocket Lab releases plans for reusable Neutron rocket

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:24:01 +0000

Rocket Lab has announced plans for its upcoming Neutron rocket which will deliver larger satellites to space, go to other planets and launch with human crews. Neutron will be partially reusable too. Read more...

SpaceX's Starship SN9 ends short flight with fiery crash

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:04:01 +0000

After several scrubbed launch attempts, SpaceX finally got its Starship SN9 off the ground today thanks to good visibility and wind conditions. Unfortunately, like SN8, the rocket failed to land. Read more...

China launches Chang'e-5 mission to extract and bring lunar rock samples to Earth

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 07:32:02 +0000

If the mission is successful, China will become only the third country to collect and bring back rock samples from the Moon to the Earth—a feat that has not been attempted for the past four decades. Read more...

Arianespace Vega rocket fails shortly after launch, Spanish and French satellites lost

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:58:01 +0000

After igniting its upper stage eight minutes after liftoff, the Vega rocket lost nominal speed and went on a degraded trajectory, taking with it the Spanish and French payload onboard. Read more...

SpaceX unveils a Users Guide for its Starship rocket

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 06:10:01 +0000

The Users Guide describes the crewed and uncrewed payload configurations, information on Acoustics, and the various Environments of the Starship rocket. No pricing details are given, however. Read more...

SpaceX and Elon Musk want to put Starship in orbit in half a year, and other updates

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 07:38:01 +0000

In a presentation, Musk announced his plans to put Starship into orbit in about six months. He also elucidated the design and mechanical details of the rocket that is meant to drive space travel. Read more...

SpaceX will launch its satellite Internet prototypes this weekend via the Falcon 9

Vishal Laul — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:26:01 +0000

SpaceX intends to launch a pair of prototype satellites for its Starlink satellite internet network, capable of delivering high-bandwidth low-latency internet from low-earth orbit. Read more...

SpaceX successfully launched its first recycled rocket into space

Cage Appleby — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:34:01 +0000

SpaceX blasted its first recycled rocket, called the Falcon 9, into space carrying a broadcasting satellite today. The launch commenced at Florida's Kennedy Space Center during a clear evening sky. Read more...

[Quake 3 Mod] Rocket Arena 1.75

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:59:24 +0000

Thanks xStainDx. Rocket Arena 3 1.75 is now available for download. This version includes a number of new features has updated versions of 4 maps. Here is the full list: ... Read more...

Rocket Drive SSD Review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:30:08 +0000

CyberwizardPit were lucky enough to get their hands on the Rocket Drive SSD, a fully fledged drive that uses RAMs to store Data and runs on a 32-bit PCI Bus. Here's a snip... ... Read more...

PHP Rocket Add-In for Frontpage

Steven Parker — Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:17:59 +0000

Until now, developing PHP based web sites with a WYSIWYG HTML editor was a multi-stepped process. You'd need to layout your pages, open them in a text editor, add your PHP code, upload them to... Read more...