Rocket

With the Launch of Fajr in Space, It's Showtime for Iran Again

Sourav Roy | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Omid, Icbm, Iran, Intercontinental-Ballistic-Missiles, Satellite Launch, Space, Satellite Launching Vehicle, Rocket, Reconnaissance Satellite, Ballistics Missiles, Iranian Ballistic Missile Abilities, Shahab, Safir, World News
Sourav Roy

Iranian officials consider it to be a reconnaissance satellite that will remain in orbit for 18 months. That's the longest any Iranian satellite has ever been in orbit.

Read Post

SpaceX Identifies Cause Of Aborted Launch

Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Private Spaceflight, Video, Spacex, Launch, Launch Abort, Falcon 9 Launch, Aborted Launch, Commercial Spaceflight, Rocket, Slideexpand, Cape Canaveral, Spacex Launch, Falcon 9, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/19/2012 08:01 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 6:15 p.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A failed...

Read Whole Story

15 Things To Do With Fresh Arugula

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Salad-Recipes, Rocket Salad, Spring Salads, Recipe Collections, Video, Recipes, Arugula Pizza, Arugula, Spring Arugula, Arugula Pesto, Salad Greens, Spring Greens, Rocket, Arugula Recipes, Slidepollajax, KitchenDaily News

Arugula most often lands on your salad plate, and that's just fine. But its bright, bitter and peppery flavor lends itself to dishes beyond salad -- p...

Read Whole Story

When Rocket Scientists Go Wrong

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Unha-3, Rocket Science, Rocket Explosion, Rocket, Rocket Failure, Korea, North Korea, Science News

WASHINGTON -- It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground...

Read Whole Story

Blast Off With The Lebanese Rocket Society

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, The Third Line, Dubai Art, Middle East History, Slidepollajax, Great Arab Dream, Lebanese Rocket Society, Rocket, Documentary Film, Middle Eastern Art, Joana Hadji Thomas and Khalil Joreige, Arts News

The Third Line Gallery in Dubai is currently exhibiting the latest installments of an ongoing project titled, "Lebanese Rocket Society: Part III, IV,...

Read Whole Story

NASA's Ex-Nazi Rocket Genius Born 100 Years Ago Today

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Nasa Huntsville, Video, Nasa, Wernher Von Braun, NASA History, Rocket Genius, Rocket Scientist, Rocket, Saturn Rocket, Huntsville, Von Braun, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 03/23/2012 10:05 AM EDT on SPACE.com One of the greatest rocket scientists of all time would have been 100 years ...

Read Whole Story

Robotic Cargo Ship Launched Toward Space Station

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, Iss, Arianespace, International Space Station, Rocket, European Space Agency, Orbit, Spaceflight, Cargo Ship, Robotic Cargo Ship, Science News

By: Denise Chow Published: 03/23/2012 01:00 AM EDT on SPACE.com A huge robot European cargo ship launched to the International Space Station today...

Read Whole Story

PHOTOS: Rocket Launched Into Aurora Borealis Makes For Spectacular Photos

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Terrier Black Brant, Aurora Borealis, Video, Aurora Rocket, Ionosphere, Art Meets Science, Rocket Northern Lights, Magnetosphere, Physics, Northern Lights, Rocket, Atmosphere, Aurora, Meteorology, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/21/2012 07:17 AM EST on SPACE.com A team of scientists launched a small rocket into an eye-popping northern ligh...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Private Rocket Makes Debut Flight In California

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Private Spaceflight, Video, Space, Armadillo Aerospace, Xombie Nasa, Rocket, Xombie, Masten Rocket, Masten, Xombie Rocket, Science News

MOJAVE, Calif. -- A privately built rocket has made its first free-flight in the California desert as part of a NASA program exploring vertical landin...

Read Whole Story

Europe's New Rocket Blasts Off On Maiden Voyage

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Esa, Vega, Video, Vega Rocket, Space, Rocket, European Space Agency, Orbit, Satellite, Esa Rocket, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/13/2012 07:36 AM EST on SPACE.com A brand-new rocket soared into space early Monday (Feb. 13) in a launch debut t...

Read Whole Story

What NASA Says About Russia's Unreliable Rockets

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Failures, Russia, Video, Nasa, Iss, Space, Russian Space Program, International Space Station, Rocket, Space Shuttle Launch, Glitch, Science News

WASHINGTON -- NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in ...

Read Whole Story

Big Ideas in Small Times

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Galactic, Spacex, Space Program, Nasa, Bigelow, Paul Allen, Commercial Space, Richard Branson, Xcor, Rocket, Moon, Orbit, Mars, Newt Gingrich, Newspace, Newt Gingrich Moon, Dream Big, Inspiration, Space, Space Colony, Science News
Rick Tumlinson

Crazy may not be the one who says the sun is the center of the solar system, the Earth is round and someday people might fly. It may be those who laugh at such words whose minds are lost.

Read Post

$2.5 Billion "Dream Machine" To Launch This Weekend

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Gale Crater, Nasa, Mars Rover Curiosity, Space, Rocket, Atlas V, Mars Rover, Mars, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Red Planet, Curiosity, Technology News

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and sk...

Read Whole Story

Apollo's Children and the NewSpace Revolution

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Space Station, Sierra Nevada, Space, Space Tourist, Rocket, Mars, Orbital Sciences, Apollo, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Moon, Spacex, Space Shuttle, Commercial Space Travel, Astronaut, Aldrin, Asteroid, Space Capsule, Technology News
Rick Tumlinson

The shuttle program ended this week just as we celebrated the 42nd anniversary of Apollo. It is poetic and yet sad. It also begs the question, what ne...

Read Post

The End of the Shuttle: The Real Reason We Send People Into Space

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Commercial Space, Space Shuttle, Rocket, Iss, Johnson Space Center, Mars, Newspace, Cape Kennedy, Apollo, Nasa, Spacex, Moon, Space Frontier Foundation, International Space Station, Space Colony, Astronaut, Technology News
Rick Tumlinson

This week, the shuttle program ends and we "celebrate" the anniversary of Apollo, when humans first walked on the moon. Yet, many question if we ever went. Why? Because if we had why aren't we still there and far beyond?

Read Post

Education Rocket Launches

AP | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Education Rocket, Nasa, Rocket, Wallops Island Flight Facility, College News

ATLANTIC, Va. -- A rocket carrying 17 educational experiments has been launched from Virginia's Eastern Shore. NASA says the Terrier-Improved Orion s...

Read Whole Story

The Senate Launch System

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: New Space, Space Committee, Nasa, Aerospace, Heavy Launch, Space Shuttle, Space Travel, Rocket, Spaceship Commercial Space, Falcon 9, Moon, Senate Launch System, Constellation Moon Program, Heavy Lift Vehicle, Mars, Astronaut, Technology News
Rick Tumlinson

At a time when politicians say we need to be trimming the budget, why are senators pushing to spend $2 billion on their Senate Launch System, which uses an outdated approach to space exploration?

Read Post

The Battle for the Frontier -- A Historic Moment

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, International Space Station, Space Station, Boeing, Mike Griffin, Rocket, Mars, Congress, Obama, Ares, Shuttle, Bigelow Aerospace, Space Program, Nasa, Moon, Constellation, Spacex, Orion, Senate, S, Astronaut, Technology News
Rick Tumlinson

In the battle for the Frontier, the stakes are whether the United States will lead the world into space or relinquish itself to second world status by repeating the failed policies of the past.

Read Post

T-Mobile Releases Additional Information on the G2

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hspa, Photo, Android, Million, Laptop, Stereo, Text, Room, Bluetooth, Magenta, Headset, Keyboard, Rocket, Tofel, Features, Mobile, Camera, Memory, Card, Gallery, Officer, Quick, Areas, Communication, Google, Stick, Kevin, Jkontherun, Flashplayer, Neville, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

I am excited to see the first smartphones to use high speed packet access (HSPA). My initial experience with T-Mobile's USB Laptop Stick, which also uses HSPA, was rather impressive.

Read Post

NATO Forces in Afghanistan Can't Deny They Killed Civilians in Sangin Anymore

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Kabul, Coalition, Massacre, Farah, Isaf, Mahmoud Jan Kaka, National Bureau of Economic Research, Rocket, Helmand, Josef Blotz, Karzai, 2012, Brave New Foundation, Nato, 2010, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Martyr, Abdul Barg, Gardez, Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, New York Times, Martyred, Abdul Zahar, Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Sangin, Barack Obama, Soldier, Marines, Troop, Rigi, Insurgent, Javelin, Insurgency, Taliban, World News
Derrick Crowe

Exclusive, on-the-ground interviews obtained by Brave New Foundation's Rethink Afghanistan project confirm what NATO forces repeatedly denied: U.S. an...

Read Post

World's First Commercial Jetpack To Be Sold For $75,000 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commercial Jetpack, Martin Aircraft Company, Rocketeer, Jet Pack, Martin Jetpack, Rocket, Personal Jetpack, Jetpack, New Zealand Jet Pack, Commercial Jet Pack, Video, Technology News

*See video below* The Martin Aircraft Company has created the first jetpack that will be commercially available, the Daily Mail reports. The jetpack...

Read Whole Story

Former NASA Astronaut Builds Rocket To Pick Up Space Trash

GlobalPost | Alex Leff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nasa, Space Trash, International Space Station, Rocket, Plasma Rocket, Franklin Chang Diaz, Technology News

LIBERIA, Costa Rica -- Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris an...

Read Whole Story

North Korea's Satellite Launch

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Missile, Rocket, Six Party Talks, Satellite, North Korea, North Korea Satellite, North Korea Rocket Launch, World News
John Feffer

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why North Korea just launched another rocket. The country wants attention.

Read Post

Linda Skylark Rescue Mission: Play Now!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, River Raid, Xenon, Attack, Ufo, Skylark, Craft, Aliens, Rocket, Missile, Fire, Dawn Patrol, Plane, Banshee, Old, Raptor, Sky Force, Shoot, Vertical Scrolling Game, Video, Comedy News

Play new bright and colorful game full of shooting and adventures! Linda Skylark was ten, when her older sister Jane had been declared missing in action. Little Linda sworn to find out what had happened to Jane. 11 years later, having her craft at the ready, Linda acquires the Jane's flight plan. The journey is about to begin...

Read Whole Story