The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s […]
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Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
“We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.” The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, […]
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. Thirty-three methane-fueled Raptor engines power […]
Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck
The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz’s plasma rocket engine takes another turn. Blue Origin’s second New Glenn booster left […]
Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply […]
NASA closing its original repository for Columbia artifacts to tours
The new Columbia Learning Center at Kennedy Space Center will be divided into three areas: a pre-show area where a […]
Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.” A life-size replica of […]
Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
North Korea test-fired a powerful new solid rocket motor for its next-generation ICBM. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket is propelled by kerosene-fueled […]
NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?
NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffy was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific […]
After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch
So how is Dragonfly doing now? In recent years the Dragonfly mission has started to receive the funding and resources […]