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Category: launch
Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do
Overpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad. Blue Origin’s New […]
In a surprise launch, China debuts another big rocket designed for reusability
There are sound engineering reasons to use the same approach SpaceX uses with the Falcon 9. The first Long March […]
Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site
A new crew launched to China’s Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year. A […]
Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos’ other company to do some heavy lifting
Amazon is turning a corner with its launch providers, but ULA’s Vulcan remains grounded. The first stage booster for Blue […]
SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit. A spacecraft deployed from Starship captured […]
Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket
SpaceX got within 40 seconds of launching the first flight of a taller, more powerful version of its Starship rocket […]
Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia’s new ICBM actually works
SpaceX’s upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19. A Zhuque-2E […]
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
On Monday, SpaceX’s launch team loaded more than 11 million pounds (more than 5,000 metric tons) of super-cold methane and […]
A promising Indian launch startup nears its first orbital test flight
After decades of controlling all aspects of spaceflight, the Indian government decided in 2020 to open things up to private […]