For the third time in a row, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sent a payload into space and then came back for a landing on an...
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India’s space shuttle prototype executes test flight and makes a splash landing
India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today.
In...
Woohoo! SpaceX Falcon 9 booster makes nighttime landing at sea after launching JCSAT-14 satellite
SpaceX increased the degree of difficulty for tonight’s Falcon 9 rocket landing attempt...
Late-night rocketry: SpaceX to try landing a “very hot and fast” rocket
Late tonight SpaceX will attempt to launch its first rocket since the triumphant landing of its Falcon 9 first stage a month ago. The launch window opens at 1:21am ET (6:21am UTC) and will last for two hours. The primary payload for tonight's launch is a Japanese...
SpaceX Falcon booster comes full circle to Cape Canaveral after landing at sea
Eleven days after a thrilling landing at sea, SpaceX’s Falcon 9...
Moon Express asks FAA to review its plans for Google Lunar X Prize landing in 2017
Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture backed by Seattle tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it’s asking the...
President Obama leads celebration on Twitter for SpaceX’s rocket landing at sea
SpaceX’s first-ever at-sea rocket landing was cause for a Twitter celebration that drew...
SpaceX’s satellite launch works like a charm, but rocket makes hard landing
After coping with a wayward boat, unfavorable winds and propellant problems, SpaceX launched the SES-9 telecommunication satellite on...
Sales for startups: Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht’s tips for building a sales team and landing deals
Henry Albrecht, CEO of the Bellevue-based health and wellness technology company Limeade, believes that sales are the most important part of any startup’s success — a position he argued convincingly at his talk...
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, but landing attempt ends with a crash
Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today – but this time, the rocket broke a leg and crashed onto its oceangoing landing platform. Oh, and the Falcon 9...