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Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked

A South Korean rocket startup will soon make its first attempt to reach low-Earth orbit. The Orion spacecraft for the […]

The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s […]

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 […]

Why is China’s heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time? Wearing their orange […]

China’s Space Pioneer seems to be back on track a year after an accidental launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket […]

Eliminating the Block 1B upgrade now would save NASA at least $500 million per year. Artist’s illustration of the Boeing-developed […]

NASA didn’t want to say much about one of the tests, and the other one lost its nozzle. An uncontained […]

SpaceX’s plan to turn Starbase into Texas’ newest city won the approval of voters—err, employees. A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental […]

Skip to content One of the engines on NASA’s next Space Launch System rocket requires repairs. Engine 2063, seen in […]

China’s approach to space junk is worrisome as it begins launching its own megaconstellations. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V […]