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Category: NASA
Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently
“Sean said that NASA might benefit from being part of the Cabinet.” NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, left, Victor Glover, Christina […]
NASA’s acting leader seeks to keep his job with new lunar lander announcement
NASA would not easily be able to rip up its existing HLS contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin, as especially […]
NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s […]
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 […]