NASA SpaceflightBastiaan Vellekoop, Chris Bergin

SpaceX Starship Ship 39 advances through Massey preflight tests ahead of Flight 12

SpaceX's Starship Ship 39 has cleared a slate of Massey preflight test objectives as teams press toward Flight 12. The ground campaign is validating tanks, plumbing, avionics and launch‑sequence procedures ahead of a planned orbital test, keeping the program on its incremental flight‑test cadence.

2026-03-03T15:16:55.248266-08:00
Universe TodayMatthew Williams

NASA Tests Prototype 3D Printed Titanium Antenna in Space

By Universe Today: With a simple motion, a jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the potential of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to cut costs and complexity for futuristic space antennas.

2026-03-03T11:35:12.991550-08:00