Event Showcased Rocket Designs For President Obama
Students participating in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) displayed their rockets for President Obama at the White House Science Fair for the third time since 2010. Students from Memphis, TN, and San Antonio, TX, represented more than 55,000 students who have taken part in the world's largest rocket competition over the past 11 years.
VTOL Rocket Returns To Its Exact Spot On The Launch/Landing Pad
SpaceX has released a new video showing another successful flight of its Grasshopper VTOL vehicle. And every time the fly the rocket, they go exponentially higher. On March 7, the Grasshopper flew to 262 feet. This latest leap topped out at 820, or triple the previous altitude, according to SpaceX.
'PhoneSats' May Be The Lowest-Cost Satellites Ever Placed In Orbit
Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites rode to space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.'s Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. The trio of "PhoneSats" is operating in orbit, and may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown in space.
Hopes To Land The First Supplies On The Planet In 2016
Dutch Entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, has set a very ambitious goal; to establish a human colony on Mars by 2023. But you have to really, really want to go ... because the colonists will not be returning to Earth.
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