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Image by Ian Mantel - MarineTraffic.com Two offshore drilling rigs, previously used for oil and gas exploration beneath the seabed, could soon help with space exploration. Namely, according to multiple reports this week, a company linked to billionaire Elon Musk bought two deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs last year, with plans - reportedly - to convert them into floating launch pads for Musk's SpaceX rockets. SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp, was founded by Musk back in 2002 to cut space transportation costs and enable the colonization of Mars. According to CNBC, a compa...

LauncherOne reaches orbit on second attempt with NASA CubeSats January 17, 2021 After an eight month stand down to resolve issues revealed during the first mission of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, the company made their second orbital launch attempt on Sunday, January 17. The air-launched rocket successfully carried ten CubeSats to their target orbit for NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. The cosmic girl aircraft took off at 10:38 PST (18:38 UTC). Launch occurred at 11:39 PST (19:39 UTC), a little under halfway into the four hour launch window that opened at...

Express Briefing: SpaceX Starship chasers converge in South Texas Dec. 21, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail A kayaker is seen from Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island. Many space enthusiasts from all over the country converged on the Texas beach town where just around 5 miles away stands SpaceX‘s Starship SN8, seen on the horizon before its Dec. 9 launch.Bob Owen /Staff photographer Good morning. This is a look at our daily Express Briefing newsletter. Sign up for Express Briefing here. Subscribers get access to the full version of our Express Briefing newsletter, which includes exclusive insi...

SpaceX Starship chasers converge in South Texas FacebookTwitterEmail 1of19 A kayaker is seen from Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island. Many space enthusiasts from all over the country converged on the Texas beach town where just around 5 miles away stands SpaceX‘s Starship SN8, seen on the horizon before its Dec. 9 launch.Bob Owen /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of19 Jack Beyer with NasaSpaceflight.com and other photographers prepare to capture the test flight of SN8 at Isla Blanca Park in South Padre Island, on Dec. 8, 2020. The launch was aborted at T-1.3 seconds. A decade ago, ...

VSS Unity aborts after engine start, safely lands with crew back at Spaceport America December 12, 2020 Virgin Galactic was to perform their first human spaceflight of their VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle from Spaceport America, just south of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, today. The spaceship and crew took off at 10:24 EST (15:24 UTC) firmly attached to their WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft from the runway at Spaceport America. The combined aircraft climbed to altitude before Unity was released at 11:15 EST (16:15 UTC). After release, Unity lit its engine but aborted one second into firi...