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DIY Rocketeer Creates Working Self-Landing SpaceX Replica After 7 Years
Joe Barnard has propulsively landed a model rocket for the first time, achieving a long-time dream.
Space Junk Crashing All Over the World, Upsetting Everyone
Spacecraft parts have fallen in Australia and near the Philippines over the last month.
Scientists Warn of 'Significant' Climate Effects of Frequent Space Launches
Increased rocket exhaust "may start having significant adverse effects on the atmosphere or the climate, and in turn, on human health," researchers warn.
Russia Halts Supply of Its Rocket Engines to the U.S.
"Let them fly on something else—their broomsticks," said Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin.
Honda Wants to Build Electric Planes, Reusable Rockets, and Conquer the '4th Dimension'
The company aims to "expand the potential of mobility into the 3rd dimension, then the 4th dimension which defies the constraints of time and space, and ultimately into outer space."
Flat Earther Daredevil Dies in DIY Rocket Crash
'Mad Mike' Hughes has died aboard his crowdfunded, steam-powered rocket.
NASA Says $700 Million in Rocket Failures Caused by Fraudster Company
Aluminum supplier Sapa Profiles, Inc. will pay $46 million to NASA, the Department of Defense, and other victims of its fraud scheme.
Watch a DIY Rocketeer Attempt to Land His Model Rocket Like SpaceX
Joe Barnard founded a company with the aim of matching the technical achievements in the space industry at the hobby rocket scale. Motherboard went to visit him to see how his tests of self-landing rockets are coming along.
Watch a DIY Rocketeer Attempt to Land His Model Rocket Like SpaceX
Joe Barnard founded a company with the aim of matching the technical achievements in the space industry at the hobby rocket scale. Motherboard went to visit him to see how his tests of self-landing rockets are coming along.
NASA's Mars Rocket is Over Budget and Behind Schedule, Audit Finds
“At its current rate, we project Boeing will expend at least $8.9 billion through 2021—double the amount initially planned—while delivery of the first Core Stage has slipped 2½ years.”
US Commercial Space Program in Jeopardy After Botched Launch
After an engine failure this morning, American and Russian administrators are rushing to find the cause of the problem so they can replace the crew of the ISS before 2019.