Space Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/news/space_news/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Fri, 08 Mar 2024 04:51:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Space Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/news/space_news/ 32 32 104229628 SpaceX is Aiming for Third Starship Flight Test on March 14 https://avgeekery.com/spacex-is-aiming-for-third-starship-flight-test-on-march-14/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:27:18 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=34463 SpaceX is aiming for their third Starship flight test on March 14. Starship completed its wet dress rehearsal for launch a few days ago at their “Starbase” in south Texas,…

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]]> 34463 Flying in the Polaris MiG-29 for a Look at Their Astronaut Jet Training https://avgeekery.com/flying-in-the-polaris-mig-29-for-a-look-at-their-astronaut-jet-training/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:21:03 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=34238 Later this year, Polaris Dawn will launch on a private spaceflight with SpaceX from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We caught up with commander Jared ROOK Isaacman, and went…

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]]> 34238 Mars Helicopter Damaged In Latest Flight, Mission Complete https://avgeekery.com/mars-helicopter-damaged-in-latest-flight-mission-complete/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:24:55 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=34038 Mars Helicopter Damaged In Latest Flight, Mission Complete

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]]> 34038 NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission Slips to Late 2025 https://avgeekery.com/nasas-first-crewed-artemis-moon-mission-slips-to-late-2025/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:40:09 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33796 NASA has pushed their first crewed Artemis moon mission to late 2025. The space agency announced the decision this week, citing numerous internal and external issues that will delay both…

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]]> 33796 Supersonic Comeback? Meet NASA’s X-59 Quesst https://avgeekery.com/supersonic-comeback-meet-nasas-x-59-quesst/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:49:44 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33851 NASA and Skunk Works Unveils Experimental Vehicle That Turns Sonic Booms Into Sonic Thumps Are we on the verge of a commercial supersonic comeback? America’s space agency is determined to…

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]]> 33851 SpaceX Flew This Rocket a Record 19 Times Before It Sunk Today Due To Weather https://avgeekery.com/spacex-flew-this-rocket-a-record-19-times-before-it-sunk-today-due-to-weather/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 19:18:53 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33598 Over the last decade, SpaceX has earned their way to the top of the commercial aerospace industry through innovative engineering and taking risks. They used billions of NASA / taxpayer…

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]]> 33598 Check Out These Incredible Views of Starship’s 2nd Launch https://avgeekery.com/check-out-these-incredible-views-of-starships-2nd-launch/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:34:07 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33283 SpaceX recently launched their second Starship flight test, and it produced some spectacular photos and videos. The enormous new heavy-lift booster and spacecraft are early in development, with plenty more…

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]]> 33283 Stargazer: The Lone Flying L-1011 TriStar https://avgeekery.com/stargazer-the-lone-tristar/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:19:27 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33271 Out of 250 Lockheed L-1011 TriStars ever built, only one remains airworthy today. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a groundbreaking aircraft for its time.  In the transformative decade of the…

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]]> 33271 Watch SpaceX Launch Their 2nd Starship Test https://avgeekery.com/watch-spacex-launch-their-2nd-starship-test-on-saturday/ Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:27:24 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33217 UPDATE: Starship 25 (the second full test launch) launched today shortly after 7am Central Time. The first stage separated successfully but then encountered an anomaly and was destroyed. The second…

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