Virgin Orbit has laid off most of its staff after failing to secure a funding lifeline to continue with the development of its space solutions business. In comments reported by CNBC, Dan Hart, the company’s CEO, told employees at a ...
NASA is about to name the four astronauts who’ll be sent on a flyby of the moon in a historic mission currently set for next year. The space agency has just shared a cinematic trailer for the big reveal, which ...
SpaceX recently shared some stunning footage captured from the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The clip (below) shows Earth from thousands miles away, with ocean, land, and cloud all clearly visible. Most striking, however, is the planet’s ...
Relativity Space has successfully launched the Terran 1 in a groundbreaking maiden flight that proved the structural viability of a 3D-printed rocket. However, after successfully handling max q — where a rocket experiences the most dynamic pressure — and achieving ...
Every year, around 1,000 Type Ia supernovas erupt in the sky. These stellar explosions brighten and then fade away in a pattern so repeatable that they’re used as “standard candles”—objects so uniformly bright that astronomers can deduce the distance to ...