Neowin News Feed for: Spacecraft

SpaceX sacrificed all Falcon Heavy boosters in a bid to find life outside the Earth

Martin Hodás — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:18:02 +0000

The mighty Falcon Heavy flew for an 11th time, carrying NASA's flagship Europa Clipper mission towards Jupiter's moon. This is only the second mission on which the rocket was fully expended. 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...

Just a day after Voyager's resurrection NASA got into trouble with another iconic spacecraft

Martin Hodás — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:36:02 +0000

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode following an issue with a gyroscope. The spacecraft remains in good health, and NASA engineers are optimistic about its return to scientific observations. Read more...

Incredible story of the historic U.S. moon lander is officially over after long, cold night

Martin Hodás — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 06:04:01 +0000

Odysseus, the moon lander that made history for the U.S., hoped to surprise engineers and survive a long lunar night. However, the lander was not lucky enough to wake up from sleep. Read more...

Odysseus was data-blind prior moon landing, survived 11 crises and got lost for a few hours

Martin Hodás — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:08:01 +0000

The historic moon landing of the first commercial spacecraft was nothing short of a miracle. The public image of a smooth mission was far from what was actually happening behind the scenes. Read more...

China's successor to the Shenzhou crew capsule descends back to the earth successfully

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:00:01 +0000

After launching atop the Long March 5B rocket on Tuesday and successfully completing a series of maneuvers, the destined successor to the venerable Shenzhou crew capsule stuck its test flight landing. Read more...

Progress 75 arrives at the International Space Station with nearly 3 tons of supplies

Ather Fawaz — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:28:01 +0000

Less than 3.5 hours after its launch from Kazakhstan, the Russian spacecraft Progress 75 docked at the ISS over northwest China carrying 2.7 metric tons of propellant, food, and other supplies. Read more...

SSTL announces Lunar Pathfinder comms satellite with a launch due in 2022

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:50:01 +0000

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has revealed its Lunar Pathfinder mission which will give lunar missions affordable communications satellite. NASA is one expected user of the Lunar Pathfinder. Read more...

NASA and SpaceX to meet and discuss Crew Dragon in Hawthorne on Thursday

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:32:01 +0000

SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk, and the NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine, will be meeting in Hawthorne to discuss Crew Dragon—a spacecraft that the two companies are collaborating on. Read more...

Facebook confirms it is working on internet-beaming satellite dubbed Athena

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:42:02 +0000

The satellite-based internet project was first revealed in May by a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Set for launch in early 2019, Athena is meant to deliver internet from orbit. Read more...

NASA is exploring inflatable spacecraft technology

Daniel Moxon — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:20:01 +0000

NASA scientists think something as simple as a child's toy design may help the problem of landing astronauts on Mars and is currently working on a solution. Read more...