Source: Alicia Bridges, CBC News, November 26, 2017 Fireball from Antares rocket body witnessed in Alberta and Saskatchewan on Friday The U.S. Strategic Command has confirmed a spectacular fireball witnessed in Saskatchewan and Alberta on Friday night was the Antares rocket body burning up as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. Witnesses were initially baffled by the streak… Continue reading A spectacular fall from space: Rocket meltdown over Prairie provinces confirmed by U.S. Strategic Command
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China Just Launched Its Most Powerful Rocket Ever
By Irene Klotz, Seeker.com, November 3, 2016 The heavy-lift Long March-5 booster made its long-awaited debut flight on Thursday. China on Thursday successfully launched a rocket nearly as powerful as the largest booster in the U.S. fleet. Decades in the making, the debut flight of China’s heavy-lift Long March-5 rocket marks a key step in… Continue reading China Just Launched Its Most Powerful Rocket Ever
Why Is Jeff Bezos Going to Crash His Rocket?
By Irene Klotz, Seeker.com, October 3, 2016 Blue Origin to test New Shepard capsule escape system, booster survival unlikely. Before test pilots or paying passengers fly aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, the company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, wants to make sure they can survive a botched launch. Toward that end, the… Continue reading Why Is Jeff Bezos Going to Crash His Rocket?
Daredevil powers rocket over Snake River Canyon
By The Associated Press, September 17, 2016 TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel. Braun soared over the southern Idaho canyon in a custom-built rocket dubbed “Evel Spirit.” It launched off a steep ramp on the… Continue reading Daredevil powers rocket over Snake River Canyon