The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during a recent Starlink mission remains open, the […]
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NASA reveals date for attempted return flight of Starliner – The TechLead
NASA is targeting Friday, September 6, for the return flight of Boeing Space’s troubled Starliner spacecraft, the agency revealed on Thursday. The vehicle will come […]
‘Black swans’ take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident – The TechLead
Public admission of failure takes courage. In trying to limit reputational damage to his cyber security company, CrowdStrike president Michael Sentonas certainly demonstrated chutzpah by […]
Watch new rocket blast into space on first flight – The TechLead
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its Ariane-6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Developed at a cost of €4bn (£3.4bn), Europe’s new rocket set […]
SpaceX Starship survives reentry in fourth test flight – The TechLead
SpaceX The mighty Starship rocket that SpaceX intends to use to transport astronauts to the moon and beyond has made another largely successful test flight, […]
Boeing’s Starliner launch called off at last minute in latest delay of astronaut flight – The TechLead
A last-minute problem nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. Two NASA astronauts […]
NASA reveals target date for first crewed Starliner flight – The TechLead
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Boeing / Boeing NASA and Boeing are making the final preparations for the long-awaited and much-delayed maiden crewed flight of the […]
Stratolaunch achieves first powered flight of hypersonic test vehicle – The TechLead
The bleeding edge: A US aerospace company, Stratolaunch Systems, aims to develop the country’s first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test vehicle. This week’s trial shows […]
Starliner crewed flight a step closer after crucial upgrade – The TechLead
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Boeing / Boeing Boeing Space is another step closer to performing its long-awaited first crewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner […]
NASA unveils X-59 plane to test supersonic flight over US cities – The TechLead
The X-59 aircraft Lockheed Martin Corporation/Garry Tice An experimental aircraft commissioned by NASA will fly over major US cities at faster than the speed of […]