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San Francisco, May 6 (IANS) After four unsuccessful attempts, Elon Musk-run SpaceX successfully managed to land its high-altitude Starship prototype rocket, intended to use to land astronauts on the moon and send people to Mars, for the first time on Wednesday.
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Bezos’ Blue Origin slams NASA for giving Musk a $2.9B contract
IANS / Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk-run SpaceX for landing
astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
The US space agency was expected to pick two lunar lander prototypes (including one of Blue Origin’s) but funding cut from
US Congress led the agency to select SpaceX over Blue Origin.
In a 175-page protest, Blue Origin has accused NASA of misjudging several parts of its proposal for its lunar lander called Blue Moon, reports The
Verge. “NASA has executed a flawed acquisition for the Human Landing System programme and moved the goalposts at the last minute,” Blue Origin said in a statement on Monday.
Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, has filed a protest against NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk-run SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024. The US space agency was expected to pick two lunar lander prototypes (including one of Blue Origin s) but funding cut from US Congress led the agency to select SpaceX over Blue Origin. In a 175-page protest, Blue Origin has accused NASA of misjudging several parts of its proposal for its lunar lander called Blue Moon, reports The Verge. NASA has executed a flawed acquisition for the Human Landing System programme and moved the goalposts at the last minute, Blue Origin said in a statement on Monday.
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SpaceX rocket debris lands on manâs farm in US
Sat, Apr 03 2021 11:36:07 AM
San Francisco,
Apr 3 (IANS): In a bizarre incident, a farm owner in the US was left in shock when a pressure vessel from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fell on his property in Washington state, leaving a 4-inch dent in the soil .
In a normal course, most second stage parts either hang out in orbit for years or re-enter Earth over the ocean.
The debris was identified as Composite-Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) from the break-up of a Falcon 9 second stage over Oregon and Washington state on March 26, reports The Verge, quoting local officials.