NASA may have shuttered its Space Shuttle program, but we knew that wasn't the end of manned American trips to space. Today, NASA shelled out 1.1 billion dollars to three private firms who have been working on spacecrafts of their own: Boeing, Sierra, and SpaceX. Read More >>
Good news for those following the intrepid private commercial space explorers. After successfully docking with the ISS, delivering its payload, and being loaded up with a bunch of stuff to take back home -- Dragon has landed safe and sound back on planet Earth. Read More >>
On Friday, history was made as SpaceX's Dragon docked with the International Space Station, marking the start of a future of privatised space exploration. Now, one of the astronauts aboard the ISS has shared his reactions to Dragon and posted them on his blog. Read More >>
We saw the first private, commercial spaceship finally set off for the ISS just three days ago, but today marks its first attempt to dock with the space station and resupply those astronauts aboard. You can watch along live as they prep for a 12.30pm mating with the ISS. Read More >>
You are looking at the first private spaceship that will dock with the International Space Station: a SpaceX Dragon on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. It's the beginning of the future of manned space travel, people. Read More >>
SpaceX has once again been forced to delay the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The latest launch date was scheduled for Monday, May 7 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and a new date hasn't been set. Issues with the software responsible for controlling the automated spacecraft have caused several of the past issues and are assumed to be responsible for these latest delays. Read More >>
SpaceX’s goal of commercial spaceflight and space expeditions took a massive step forward with the testing of the company’s SuperDraco engine. This is the rocket that should allow its Dragon spaceships to land safely back on Earth, or any other planet for that matter. Read More >>
Nuance, the amazing voice recognition technology behind Siri and other voice recognition software on phones, has announced that they'll be bringing their voice tech to TVs now with Dragon TV. Basically, Nuance wants you to talk to your TVs. And since Apple is supposedly making an HDTV that let's you talk to the TV, this is getting VERY interesting. Read More >>