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August 28, 2019

Airborne 08.28.19: StarHopper Hops!, Starliner Delay, Earnhardt Prelim

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Despite a truly last second abort of the final Starhopper test flight on Monday (which turned out to be a minor technical issue that Elon Musk called “...Embarassing,” the SpaceX Starhopper made its last hop late Tuesday afternoon -- perfectly. The 57 second flight saw a planned maximum altitude of 500 feet, as well as a precision landing near the center of an adjacent landing pad. The Starhopper test was the last flight of this vehicle and was never intended to go to space... but instead serve as a partial test of a far more ambitious vehicle. The first flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to ISS may not take place by th

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Russian Spacecraft Second Docking Attempt Successful

Made Way For Release Of Cargo Dragon From The Station After Four-Week Stay

While the spacecraft were flying about 250 miles above Eastern Mongolia, an uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft arrived and docked to the International Space Station at 11:08 p.m. EDT.

Demonstration Flight Was Planned for An Altitude Of 500 Feet

SpaceX aborted a planned demonstration flight of its reusable Starhopper prototype Monday as the countdown clock ticked down to zero. The mission was planned to launch the squat test article to an altitude of 500 feet and then land gently back on the ground. But when the clock reached zero, the single Raptor engine on the Starhopper did not ignite.

Will Help Inspire The Next Generation Of Space And Aeronautics Leaders

The College of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder has opened a new $100 million, 175,000-square feet flagship Aerospace Engineering Sciences complex that will help inspire the next generation of space and aeronautics leaders.