Commercial Space

Russian Rocket Fails During Launch, Explodes After Liftoff

At 2:38 UTC Tuesday morning (local time) a Russian Proton-M heavy lift rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation/positioning satellites exploded shortly after…

11 years ago

How to Pay for That Latte on the Moon? PayPal Has a Plan

In Star Trek lore, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century. But sometime in the 21st century, when we (hopefully)…

11 years ago

Bringing Space to the Masses: Q&A with Planetary Resources’ Chris Lewicki

Chris Lewicki is the President and Chief Engineer for one of the most pioneering and audacious companies in the world…

11 years ago

SpaceX Fires Up Falcon 9-R in a Long Duration Test

Last week, SpaceX fired up a new version of the Falcon 9 for a short 10-second test fire. Now, they've…

11 years ago

SpaceX Tests Falcon 9-R Advanced Reusable Prototype Rocket

Over the past weekend, SpaceX fired up a new version of the Falcon 9, known as the Falcon 9-R, with…

11 years ago

Planetary Resources Looks to Crowdfund a Space Telescope for the Public

How much would you donate to have access to a space telescope … or just to have an orbital "selfie"?…

11 years ago

Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission (to Mars), Part 1

Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration has written a new book…

11 years ago

Virgin Galactic: We Don’t Anticipate Motion Sickness

When the spaceship Enterprise -- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, not the Star Trek spacecraft -- fired its rocket engines for the…

11 years ago