Falcon

The rocket carried 50 satellites into low earth orbit, as part of a mission to launch a high-speed broadband network.

The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane just broke its spaceflight-duration record, NBC News reported. At 6:43 a.m. EDT on Monday, the robotic X-37B sailed past the program mark of 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes, which was set by the previous mission, known as Orbital Test Vehicle 4 (OTV-4).

When it came to designing Disneyland’s “Star Wars” themed attraction, the first order of business was coming up with something new, something beyond what fans have seen in the movies, books and cartoons over the past four decades, a panel of designers said Wednesday.

SpaceX delayed a supply run Friday to the International Space Station, back to full power and accepting deliveries after quick repairs. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off before dawn Friday, with a Dragon cargo capsule. But an electrical problem cropped up at the last minute with the ocean platform needed to recover the first-stage booster following liftoff. SpaceX...

He’s just here for the free popcorn! Anthony Mackie jokes with Access at the “Avengers: Endgame” premiere that he’s actively looking for work since his character was one of Thanos’ victims in “Infinity War.”

SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight. The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early evening sky with a communication satellite called Arabsat, the rocket’s first paying customer. The Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket...

Tesla is about to dive into one of the hottest segments in the automotive market with the long-awaited debut of its Model Y crossover utility vehicle at its design studio in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Tesla is about to dive into one of the hottest segments in the automotive market with the long-awaited debut of its Model Y crossover utility vehicle at its design studio in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

SpaceX’s new Dragon crew capsule made a successful splashdown off the coast of Florida after detaching from the International Space Station with a crew inside. NASA is counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start launching their astronauts after space shuttles were retired.

SpaceX launched another rocket Thursday. The Southern-California based aerospace company was set to launch their Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at 5:45 p.m. PST from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Wedding bells are in Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger’s future!...
The actor took to Instagram Sunday evening to announce that he had proposed to his girlfriend of several months....
“Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I’m thrilled to be marrying you,” he wrote alongside a photo of the two hugging shortly after the proposal. “Proud to live boldly in faith with...

Space fans had plenty to celebrate in 2018, including the launch of three new NASA missions and the debut of SpaceX’s giant Falcon Heavy rocket. In case you missed any of the action, here are particularly noteworthy space stories, according to NBC News MACH. NASA’s InSight lander arrived at Mars on Nov. 26 after a six-month journey of more than...

Disney Parks released the first official photo of the Millennium Falcon, one of two major attractions that will be part of the forthcoming Star Wars Land. The Star Wars-themed addition, called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, will open in the summer of 2019 at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in the fall...

An Air Force falcon injured at West Point during an apparent prank before Saturday’s annual rivalry game between the two service academies is back home and showing signs of improvement. The 22-year-old bird named Aurora “was able to fly around in her pen” on Sunday, said Air Force Academy spokesperson Lt. Col. Tracy A. Bunko. The development is “an extremely...

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday evening from Vandenberg Air Force base, carrying an Argentinean satellite and marking the first time the Falcon 9 booster returns to land at Vandenberg AFB.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Monday that he plans to blast off on the first-ever commercial trip around the moon and will invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people on the weeklong journey.

The used Falcon rocket blasted off before dawn, hauling nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo, including the first robot with artificial intelligence bound for space and genetically identical mice, or mousetronauts,

Etsy’s stock is soaring at the opening bell after the online crafts company announced an increase in fees and boosted its revenue outlook for the year. The Brooklyn company said Thursday that the transaction fee charged when a person or business makes a sale will rise from 3.5 percent, to 5 percent. It will also apply to the shipping cost….

A prosperity gospel televangelist is asking disciples to “pray about becoming a partner” to his mission of obtaining a $54 million private jet.