The cause of the explosion on the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft on April 20 during ground tests was the failure of the non-return valve of the propellant helium propulsion system, SpaceX reports. The American company notes that the incident, which occurred 0.1 seconds before the launch of the SuperDraco engines of the emergency rescue system […]
SpaceX Martian ship burned
The prototype of Starship, an American company SpaceX, known as Starhopper, caught fire during a static fire test of the Raptor rocket engine. The corresponding video was posted on Twitter by NASASpaceFlight.com managing editor Chris Bergin. As reported in the publication of the American portal, initially testing Starhopper assumed two inclusion Raptor. During the first, […]
SpaceX lunar ship burns again
The prototype of Starship, known as Starhopper, created by SpaceX, an American company, caught fire during tests at the Boca Chica training ground in Texas (USA). The corresponding video was posted on Twitter by NASASpaceFlight.com managing editor Chris Bergin. As reported in the publication of the American portal, the Raptor rocket engine allowed the Starhopper […]
Lunar spaceship SpaceX first "took off"
The prototype of SpaceX, created by SpaceX, known as Starhopper, took off during tests at the Boca Chica test site in Texas (USA). The corresponding video was published on Twitter by the head of the American company Ilon Musk. The businessman noted that the test was successful. According to NASASpaceFlight.com, the Starship prototype rose to […]
Roscosmos after SpaceX lowered prices
Roscosmos has reduced the cost of launching one kilogram of payload into Earth orbit by the Soyuz-2 medium rocket by almost half, RIA Novosti reports. “The cost of launching spacecraft in the 3U cubesat format (with sides of 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters) will be 170 thousand dollars. As part of the launch of […]
SpaceX tested a maneuvering moon ship
The prototype of SpaceX, created by StarsX, known as Starhopper, took off during tests at the Boca Chica test site in Texas (USA) and then maneuvered to the side. The corresponding video was published on Twitter by the head of the American company Ilon Musk. In total, during the tests lasting 57 seconds, Starhopper climbed […]
SpaceX uncontrolled satellite recognized as dangerous
Spacecraft (SC) Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM) Aeolus made a maneuver in Earth orbit, avoiding a collision with the Starlink 44 (AV) satellite, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported on Twitter. During the maneuvers, the ADM Aeolus orbit altitude was adjusted, according to the calculations of European experts, in the direction of increase. Thus, for the […]
NASA announces astronaut flight on SpaceX
The first flight of the Crew Dragon spaceship with American astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS) may take place in the first quarter of 2020, SpaceNews reports. “If everything goes according to plan, this (the first Crew Dragon flight with a crew on board) will be in the first quarter of next […]
The timing of the launch of the first returned Russian rocket, like SpaceX, bec...
The first reusable Russian rocket can be launched in 2020. This was reported to TASS by the owner of the company Laros Oleg Larionov. According to him, the rocket will be displayed at a height of 120-130 kilometers, after which a dynamic landing will be practiced (the rocket lands on its tail at zero speed […]
SpaceX lost the central unit Falcon Heavy
The upper stage of the super-heavy rocket Falcon Heavy has drowned during transportation to the coast of Florida. About this writes The Verge. According to a company representative, due to weather conditions and a storm, the first step could not stand on the platform and fell into the water. It is noted that the company […]