Elon Musk lashed out at several astronauts online after coming under fire for suggesting that two NASA astronauts were left on the International Space Station “for political reasons.” ...

This led to further aerial towing tests involving aircraft, altogether providing extensive amounts of data that served as guideposts to designing the upcoming space shuttle’s lifting body shape.

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The five Kinéis satellites were set to be deployed into a 401-mile-high (646 kilometers) circular orbit 66 ...

The Haolong cargo space shuttle from the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute under the Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) will launch on Landspace’s Zhuque-3, a Feb. 2 article from state media ...

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