The capsule launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday. The Exploration Company, which built the spacecraft, described the mission as a “partial success” and ...
Varda's W-3 capsule landed successfully May 13 at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. (Varda Space Industries) Varda Space Industries, a California-based, in-orbit manufacturing company, ...
A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip. Phoenix 1, a prototype spacecraft built by German ...
The recoverable spacecraft reentered off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean instead of the Indian Ocean, and therefore could not be recovered. Reading time 2 minutes A German startup was aiming ...
The Exploration Co.’s Nyx capsule was lost after reentry, the company announced June 24. Its second attempt, dubbed Mission Possible, to demonstrate the Nyx reentry capsule was a “partial success ...
A Space.com report examines how a tiny piece of space debris cracked a Chinese crew capsule window, triggered an emergency mission, and highlights growing risks from debris, weak global rules, and lim ...
A Russian space capsule has landed safely in the remote Orenburg steppes, completing a month-long mission that carried an extraordinary biological payload. Dubbed a “Noah’s Ark”, the spacecraft ...
Designed and built by Rocket Lab, the Pioneer spacecraft hosted Varda’s capsule on orbit for 60 days LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), ...
The ISRO has successfully completed critical tests on the drogue parachutes for its Gaganyaan mission. The tests simulated ...
They call it Nyx. In a nutshell, it's a reusable spacecraft that should put the European continent on the map of the new age of space exploration, by giving people there the ability to send cargo and ...
Varda Space Industries, a California-based, in-orbit manufacturing company, recovered its third reentry capsule Wednesday, providing new data to support the Air Force Research Laboratory's hypersonic ...