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David W. Brown, a longtime space writer and author of the book “The Mission,” spent days observing SpaceX’s mission control room in Hawthorne, Calif., to report this article. Published Dec ...
On this particular test flight, as Starship positioned itself for atmospheric reentry, one of its 13 engines failed to ignite ...
The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the GOSAT-GW satellite as part ...
The room was repurposed to control ISS flights between 1998 and 2006, before the Apollo program-era Flight Control Room-1 was upgraded to take over the job of directing ISS.
With decades of numerous launches back through the 1950s of space rockets, the town of Elma based Moog Inc. has played a ...
Elma-based Moog is responding to growth with a new facility dedicated to space actuation and avionics. The company has ...
The control room itself is 588 sq ft., which is approximately the size of a studio apartment. The simulated mission studies last five days, but will be much longer once the mission is flying.
The European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket clinched its maiden launch Tuesday from a site in French Guiana. But an “anomaly” occurred before it dove back toward Earth.
Grab your helmets: A Chinese rocket booster in space the length of two tractor-trailers will plummet back to Earth sometime soon. No one knows exactly when — maybe today. UPDATE: Nov. 4, 2022, 9 ...
Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission.
The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the GOSAT-GW satellite as part of Tokyo’s effort to mitigate climate change.