SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
Read more at The New York Times
-
WATCH: SpaceX starship rocket explodes during test flight
Just minutes after a seemingly successful launch from Texas on Thursday night, Starship Flight Test 8 began to spin out of control when mission control lost contact with the unmanned rocket ship.ABC News - 3d -
Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports
An unexpected nationwide strike by airport workers over pay has caused disruption at major transport hubs.BBC News - 2h -
Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity
Consecutive losses of the Starship rocket suggest that the company’s engineers are not as infallible as its fans may think.The New York Times - 1d -
SpaceX’s Latest Starship Explosion Marks Two Consecutive Failures
The new version of Starship will be tested again in four to six weeks. A third consecutive failure could indicate fundamental problems with the updated design.Wired - 2d -
Flights briefly disrupted in oil-rich Kuwait, local media say
Flights to the small, oil-rich country of Kuwait were briefly disrupted under unclear circumstancesABC News - 2d -
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of NASA SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday.The New York Times - 1d -
Flight cancellations at Germany’s Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers after strike
Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract ...NBC News - 1d -
Hamburg Airport Halts All Flights as Ground Staff Strike
The airport in Germany’s second largest city said the one-day strike, called over pay and conditions, began earlier than expected “without any notice.”The New York Times - 17h -
Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying a French military reconnaissance satellite
An Ariane 6 rocket has roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcherABC News - 4d
More from The New York Times
-
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Affects Iran’s Nuclear Inspectors
The president’s halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran’s drive to build atomic bombs.The New York Times - 1d -
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of NASA SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday.The New York Times - 1d -
Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails
Scientists identified new structures in the tail vanes of the prehistoric flying reptiles.The New York Times - Feb. 14 -
Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire.The New York Times - 6d -
A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials
Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.The New York Times - Feb. 21
More in Science
-
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of NASA SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Affects Iran’s Nuclear Inspectors
The president’s halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran’s drive to build atomic bombs.The New York Times - 1d -
Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation?
How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science desk of The New York Times, looks at the ...The New York Times - 7h -
Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years
Ancient peoples of Latin America saved the fleshy fruits from extinction and gradually made them tastier.The New York Times - 3d -
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...The New York Times - 3d