2+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) Rocket launches are increasing at a record pace, but a new policy wants to take it to a whole new level. A new national space transportation policy calls for U.S. space transportation ranges to be capable of supporting more than 1,000 launches…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (254+ words) There is more than a 90% chance that the El Niño event this year will be “very strong,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center released an advisory last week with the latest…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (456+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world’s most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby’s in New York Tuesday. The skeleton, which is about 67 million years old, is nicknamed Gus after the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the moon at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday at around 5,000 mph. However, most people didn't actually see it. None of this was intentional, but it also isn't unheard of. The rocket launched in January…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (232+ words) SpaceX is preparing for its 13th Starship test flight. It was set to launch last Thursday, but at the last second, some of its engines did not start, triggering an automatic launch abort. “They basically looked at all the first-stage-level engines…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (135+ words) The thirteenth flight test of SpaceX's Starship — which was scheduled to launch on Thursday, July 16, in Texas — was scrubbed at T-0. Standing down from today’s flight test attempt The rocket remains upright at Starbase, Texas. SpaceX has not yet said…...