17 July 2020
Solar Orbiter spots country-sized ‘campfires’ on the Sun
... that the bright face of the Sun normally obscures it. Known as so-called zodiacal light, this faint, eerie, cone-shaped white glow is visible in the night sky and appears to extend from the Sun's direction. It is caused...
30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
... Mars rover separated from the booster as planned. Two minutes later, the rocket's payload fairing, or nose cone, which was made in Switzerland by Ruag Space, separated from the vehicle as scheduled. This was swiftly followed...
05 August 2020
SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype completes important test flight
... than they already are, says Eric Ralph at Teslarati. SN8 is expected to feature three Raptor engines, a nose cone, and aero surfaces; these latter two components were missing on SN5.
10 December 2020
SpaceX's Starship test flight explodes during vertical landing manoeuvre
... in statement on its website prior to the test. This latest prototype—the first one equipped with a nose cone, body flaps and three engines—was shooting for an altitude of up to eight miles (12.5 kilometers). That's almost 100...
