ScienceSpaceflight Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Crashes Dramatically Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket somehow escaped its restraints during a static fire test on Sunday. By Passant Rabie Published July 1, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9Movies Beetlejuice Gets an Immersive House, Six Flags Adds Stranger Things, and More Plus: Disney Parks and Universal Studios Horror Nights detail Halloween slates in this week's theme park news. By Sabina Graves Published June 28, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Chinese Rocket Seen Falling on a Village Was Spewing Highly Toxic Chemicals Frightening video shows what appears to be the rocket booster crashing down on a populated area, trailed by a yellow-ish cloud. By Passant Rabie Published June 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Launches Solar Sail to Test Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel The mission rode aboard Rocket Lab's Electron, reusing one of the rocket's boosters for the first time. By Passant Rabie Updated April 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Make Beautiful Things: The Aesthetic Drive Behind Rocket Lab’s Rise in Aerospace Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has some unique approaches to innovation—and they seem to be working. By George Dvorsky Published April 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Space Camp Employee Targeted by Alabama Politicians for Being Trans Libs of TikTok helped stir up a mob against the employee, who hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing. By Matt Novak Published March 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Rocket Lab Is Getting Closer to Achieving Rocket Reusability The company's Electron rocket launched four satellites that will monitor orbital traffic to avoid collisions in space. By Passant Rabie Published January 31, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight China’s Gravity-1 Rocket Dazzles in Landmark Sea Launch The Gravity-1 rocket successfully launched on Thursday, carrying three payloads into orbit and establishing new benchmarks along the way. By Passant Rabie Published January 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight This ‘Self-Eating’ Rocket Consumes Its Own Body for Fuel The new design could help address the growing problem of space debris, with the rocket devouring itself before reaching orbit. By Passant Rabie Published January 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA’s Detonation Engine Revs Up for 4 Minutes in Breakthrough Test The new propulsion system is powered by supersonic technology and can be used for spacecraft journeying from the Moon to Mars. By Passant Rabie Published December 22, 2023 | Comments (0)
io9MoviesDC Universe James Gunn Has Found His DC Universe’s Mandatory Sean Gunn Role Sean Gunn, actor and brother of DC head James Gunn, is set to collaborate within the WB family too. By Sabina Graves Published December 8, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Crucial Rocket Parts End Up Crushed in a Landfill, Imperiling Satellite Mission Two Vega rocket tanks vanished and were later found damaged and unusable. By George Dvorsky Published December 5, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Rival Rocket Lab Is Cleared to Launch Again After September Anomaly Rocket Lab’s recent Electron rocket failure resulted in the loss of a satellite, but the company is poised to regain its momentum. By George Dvorsky Published October 26, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Tests 3D-Printed Rocket Nozzle for Future Missions to Moon, Mars The lightweight aluminum engine nozzle is designed with small internal channels to keep it from melting during liftoff. By Passant Rabie Published October 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
io9MoviesMarvel The ‘Security Guards of the Milky Way’ Discuss the Nose Ring Michael Rooker Found on the Floor Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy star said Yondu "wants to be human" in his attempt to connect to his surrogate son Star-Lord. By Kyle Barr Published October 16, 2023 | Comments (0)
io9Comics RIP Keith Giffen, Legendary Comics Artist and Writer The co-creator of Marvel's Rocket Raccoon and DC's Lobo was 70 years old. By Cheryl Eddy Published October 11, 2023 | Comments (0)
io9MoviesMarvel 15 Fascinating Facts in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Making-of Documentary Here are the coolest revelations from Marvel Studios' Assembled: The Making of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on Disney+ By Germain Lussier Published September 18, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Tests the First Rocket to Launch From the Surface of Another Planet The Mars Ascent Vehicle will bring back samples from the Red Planet that are currently being collected by the Perseverance rover. By Passant Rabie Published August 14, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Bizarre Object Washes Ashore in Australia, Sparking Investigation The unusual object—possibly a rocket fragment—surfaced on a Western Australian beach this past weekend. By George Dvorsky Published July 17, 2023 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Sorry, Elon: Chinese Company Becomes the World’s First to Launch Methane Rocket to Orbit The Zhuque-2 rocket beat other methalox-fueled rockets, such as SpaceX's Starship, to orbit. By Passant Rabie Published July 12, 2023 | Comments (0)
