SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket on the California coast for the first time
• https://www.theverge.com By Loren GrushNo drone ship needed
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Going Up? Waiting for the Space Elevator
• https://www.space.com, By Leonard DavidSpace-elevator tech, a longtime sci-fi staple, is about to get a test here in the real world.
Musk's SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket Back at California Base
• https://www.bloombergquint.com(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk's rocket company launched a commercial satellite for Argentina on Sunday evening, marking SpaceX's 17th mission of 2018 in the type of steady success that so far has eluded his electric-car maker Tesla Inc.
NASA announces SpaceX crewed flight June 2019
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by brian wangNASA has announced the first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019.
Blue Origin lunar mission in 2023 and Lockheed pitches NASA a Lunar Lander Concept
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangLockheed Martin revealed a giant crewed lunar lander concept and showed how the reusable lander aligns with NASA's lunar Gateway and future Mars missions.
Next level space is multi-trillion dollar businesses
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop is hosting a special Symposium to discuss Catalyzing major human space activities by 2030.
Japanese spacecraft drops robot onto asteroid to hunt for the origin of the solar system
• https://www.independent.co.uk, Andrew Griffin'A land full of wonder, mystery and danger! I landed on asteroid Ryugu!'
Moon Express raises $12.5 million and targets 2020 for moon mission
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangMoon Express is planning to send new robotic explorers to the Moon starting in 2020. Moon Express had participated in the Google Lunar Xprize.
Moon Express raises $12.5 million and targets 2020 for moon mission
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangMoon Express is planning to send new robotic explorers to the Moon starting in 2020. Moon Express had participated in the Google Lunar Xprize.
Newfound Dwarf Planet 'The Goblin' May Lead to Mysterious Planet Nine
• https://www.space.comScientists have discovered yet another marker on the trail toward the putative Planet Nine.
Boeing and Rolls-Royce back British hypersonic spaceplane venture
• https://newatlas.com, David SzondyHypersonic travel, and maybe even a new type of orbital launcher, has come closer to reality after Boeing and Rolls-Royce today announced substantial investments in the British advanced propulsion systems company Reaction Engines Limited (REL).
Dream Chaser spaceplane successfully completes glide flight and landing
• https://newatlas.com, Rich HaridyFour years ago, the Dream Chaser's first glide and landing test ended in a crash after its landing gear failed to deploy correctly. Since then, the reusable spaceplane has undergone a complete refurbishment and finally achieved its first successful f
Blue Origin BE-4 engine will power mid-2020 ULA Vulcan booster
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangFollowing completion of a competitive procurement, ULA has selected Blue Origin's BE-4 engine for Vulcan Centaur's booster stage.
Pulsed fission fusion rocket for 37 days to Mars and other missions
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangThe pulsed fission fusion propulsion (PuFF) system envisions using a pulsed z-pinch to compress a fission-fusion target. 2 mega-amps would be sent through a uranium-deuterium-tritium target. The uranium would fission first and then it would trigg
What it's like to stand on the surface of an asteroid: Japan's hopping robots...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by MARK PRIGGWhat it's like to stand on the surface of an asteroid: Japan's hopping robots send back video from the surface of Ryugu 180million miles away
Curiosity, concern over mysterious rocket being built in East Bay
• https://abc7news.comWhat's a rocket doing in the East Bay? That's what one ABC7 viewer wants to know.
Dear Moon
• https://dearmoon.earthIn 2023, artists representing the Earth will head for the Moon.
Elon Musk estimates 2028 to realize Mars Base Alpha
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangElon Musk has tweeted out that he expects the rendered Mars Base Alpha with four BFS beside could be built by 2028.
Japan has launched a miniature space elevator
• https://www.sciencenews.org by Lisa GrossmanIf successful, STARS-Me could pave the way from science fiction to reality
First Private Passenger on Lunar BFR Mission
• https://www.youtube.comSpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle - an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space.
Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid
• https://finance.yahoo.com, by Alan BoyleTwo mini-rovers have sent their first pictures back from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a day after they were dropped off by Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft.
Space: Israel's final frontier
• https://www.jpost.comOpher Doron of Israel Aerospace Industries' Space Division talks moon missions and nanosatellites with the 'Magazine' on the 30th anniversary of Israel's first satellite launch.
More pictures of the new SpaceX BFR and BFS design
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangHere are more pictures of the new SpaceX BFR and BFS design.
Parts of the SpaceX BFR have been completed
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com,Yusaku Maezawa tweeted out a completed section of the SpaceX BFR.
SpaceX updates Mars Colony rendering with new BFR
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe new version of the BFS 100-person spaceship is longer than the old design. It is 55 meters instead of 48 meters.
Japan places two rovers on an asteroid
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangJapan's asteroid mission Hayabusa2 has successfully dropped the first two rovers to the surface of its target space rock Ryugu. Hayabusa2 dropped to a lowest altitude of just 55 meters from the surface and released twin rovers, called MINERVA-II 1A
DARPA funds developing Quantized Inertia into breakthrough space propulsion
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangDARPA is giving $1.3 million for a four-year study of quantized inertia (QI) for possible breakthrough space propulsion.
Elon Musk's Moon Tourism Explained!
• YouTube.Com - Cold Fusion
Meet the Amateur Rocketeer Building Self-Landing Replicas of SpaceX Rockets
• Motherboard ViceJoe Barnard has spent the last three years pioneering DIY landing technologies for amateur rockets and now the aerospace industry is paying attention.
Japan Just Became the First Country to Deploy Rovers on an Asteroid
• Motherboard ViceThe Hayabusa 2 mission is visiting an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth to collect samples. The mission profile involves a lot of robots, bullets, and explosives.
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