See Full Image Gallery >> You can always count on Brabus to come through with a totally ridiculous car or two every year. In 2021, this Brabus 900 Rocket Edition of the G Wagen wins. And to make this clear from the top, yes, the “900” in its name is […]
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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (May 9) and then stuck a landing at sea to cap a record 10th flight for the company’s reusable booster. The veteran Falcon 9 rocket blasted off before dawn from Space Launch […]
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China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket stage
BEIJING — China’s space agency says a core segment of its rocket has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean near the Maldive Islands early Sunday. Officials say the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up […]
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China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket
Associated Press Published 10:53 p.m. ET May 7, 2021 Beijing — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on the ground. Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]
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Chinese Rocket Expected To Fall Back To Earth, But No One Knows Exactly Where
BEIJING (AP) — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on the ground. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbing said Chinese authorities will release information […]
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Main stage of Chinese rocket likely to plunge to Earth soon
Sam McNeil, Associated Press Published 6:23 p.m. ET May 6, 2021 Beijing — The largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location. Usually, discarded core, or first-stage, […]
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Chinese rocket to crash to Earth this weekend
A possibly out-of-control Chinese rocket is expected to crash to Earth on Saturday, leading the White House to call for “responsible space behaviors.” U.S. Space Command is tracking China’s Long March 5B rocket, which the country launched last week to bring the main module for China’s first permanent space station […]
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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites, but misses rocket landing
The failed landing was the first time in about a year that SpaceX has lost one of its Falcon 9 rocket boosters, which the company has become accustomed to landing and reusing in order to save money. It took SpaceX more than two years and about a half dozen crash-landed […]
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The Rocket Engine That Proves Solar Thermal Propulsion Isn’t Just a Crazy Theory
From Popular Mechanics Engineers are designing a rocket engine powered by the sun. The engine would use heated and pressurized hydrogen to achieve efficiencies three times greater than conventional rocket engines. The researchers proposed using the sun to slingshot an experimental spacecraft into interstellar space. Engineers at the Johns Hopkins […]