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A collaboration between Nanoracks, its main owner Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin will be undertaken on the building of a commercial space station, since other companies in the sector have warned of a possible space station gap. Nanoracks announced on October 21 that it was collaborating with Lockheed Martin and …

SpaceX’s Starship rocket is still being built in southeast Texas, with significant work being made on crucial parts like the launch tower construction and the installation of the vacuum-rated Raptor engines that will power the spacecraft once it reaches space. Elon Musk claims that it might be ready for its …

SpaceX fired up its SN20 Starship prototype in earnest for the first time Thursday night (Oct. 21), notching a big milestone on the vehicle’s planned path to orbit. The 165-foot-tall (50 meters) SN20, which is currently outfitted with two Raptor engines, performed a brief “static fire” test at 8:16 p.m. …

A few weeks ago, SpaceX began the process of placing the integrated structure atop Starbase’s 450 ft (135 m) tall Starship ‘launch tower’, which had been undergoing construction of Mechazilla’s two rocket-catching arms and carriage-like backbone over the previous several weeks. As soon as the project is completed, SpaceX will …

WASHINGTON — NASA is beginning the process to procure more commercial crew flights as it looks to extend the International Space Station through the end of the decade, including the opportunity for new entrants to join the program. NASA issued a request for information (RFI) Oct. 20 seeking information from …

Have you ever fantasized of taking a trip someplace really, very far away – and completely disengaging from reality in the process? NASA, on the other hand, seems to want the same thing for you. The exploratory space agency  has published a commercial film created by the fictitious Exoplanet Travel …

Investing bank Morgan Stanley believes that Elon Musk will become the world’s first modern trillionaire. Due to a wild bull market in Tesla shares over the last two years, the eccentric billionaire’s net worth has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights. Since the beginning of the year 2020, the price of Tesla …

Dozens of people had the opportunity Monday to share their views with the US government on SpaceX’s plan to begin orbital flights of Starship from “Starbase,” the company’s launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. Much of the public comments made on Zoom during an online Federal Aviation Administration hearing supported …

The Mars Rover Vehicle Navigator (or MRVN) was revealed by NASA as a concept in 2017. It represented a glimpse of NASA’s first manned car that could one day be driven on the Red Planet. Although the construction of the MRVN took place at the Kennedy Space Center, this futuristic …

Many stars may turn permanently invisible to our eyes due to rapid increases in satellite launches, according to research from a team of Canadian professors. A model created by professors Samantha Lawler at the University of Regina, Hanno Rein at the University of Toronto and Aaron Boley at the University …