Tag Archives: Commercial spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ Space Rocket Completes Successful Test Flight

Posted on by

Jeff Bezos revealed that his space venture, Blue Origin, performed a successful test of the New Shepard rocket yesterday. The rocket has a 10,000-lbf thrust liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen BE-3 engine...

Waypoint 2 Space Provide Passenger Training for Commercial Launches

Posted on by

Slowly but surely, the day is approaching when you’ll be able to buy a ticket to travel into space. Several companies, ranging from Virgin Galactic to SpaceX, are hoping to provide that opportunity...

Virgin Galactic LauncherOne unveiled

Posted on by

Today during the Farnborough International Air Show 2012, Virgin Galactic announced LauncherOne, a new air-launched rocket specifically designed to deliver small satellites into orbit. With...

SpaceX Dragon Spaceship Carries Ashes of James Doohan and Ohters into Orbit

Posted on by

As reported earlier, SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft into orbit around 4am ET. The SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon COTS 2 mission is just a demonstration, but the Dragon spacecraft has real cargo on...

SpaceX Dragon to Take off May 19

Posted on by

After months of delays, SpaceX is set to become the first commercial company to make a trip to the international space station with the launch scheduled for this weekend. On May 19, if all goes well...