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NASA is attempting to fly a Helicopter on Mars this morning
NASA is planning to fly their Ingenuity Helicopter on the surface of Mars at approximately 3:30am EDT, but it will take a few hours for the teams at JPL to receive the data from the flight. A livestream will begin at 6:15am EDT as they prepare to see how the helicopter did during this autonomous flight in the Martian Atmosphere. This is the first time ever that a vehicle will propellers will fly on another celestial body other that Earth. The original date for this flight was April 11th, but w
NASA chooses SpaceX's Starship to land Humans on the Moon
On April 16th, NASA announced they had selected SpaceX for the HLS (Human Landing System) contract to land the first Astronauts on the Lunar Surface since 1972. SpaceX's Starship rocket has been going through a series of tests in Boca Chica, Texas, and SpaceX has been working closely with NASA experts to ensure everything meets the requirements for human spaceflight. They were award $2.89 Billion to continue the development of the Starship architecture to carry Artemis Astronauts to the Lunar s
SpaceX Launches Another Stack Of 60 Starlink Satellites
(Cape Canaveral Space Force Station)- Today SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on yet another Starlink mission. The mission deemed Starlink 23 lifted off from the Space Force Station on Florida's east coast just after noon (12:34 pm). The mission brought another stack of SpaceX’s internet connectivity satellites known as Starlink.The mission was a success and a nominal stage separation was confirmed at T+2 minutes and 36 seconds. The second engine relit shortly followed by entry burn startup.