The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running […]
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Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Vast’s schedule for deploying a mini-space station in low-Earth orbit was always ambitious. A stack of 21 Starlink internet satellites […]
Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
More data will likely reduce the chance of an impact to zero. If not, we have options. Discovery images of […]
NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni sooner
Known as Endurance, the spacecraft was next due to fly the private Axiom-4 mission to the space station later this […]
Chat, are you ready to go to space with NASA?
The US space agency said Wednesday it will host a live Twitch stream from the International Space Station on February […]
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
Last year was not a good one for a lunar lander company based in Pittsburgh named Astrobotic. In January, the […]
Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX’s launch dominance
It is not difficult to understand the unease on the European continent about the rise of SpaceX and its controversial […]
Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans
Skip to content Boeing has brought back a previous Starliner manager to helm the troubled program. Boeing announced Monday it […]
Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee
Like a lot of the rest of the federal government right now, NASA is reeling during the first turbulent days […]
Starlink profit growing rapidly as it faces a moment of promise and peril
Estimates of Starlink’s consumer revenues. Credit: Quilty Space Estimates of Starlink’s consumer revenues. Credit: Quilty Space Both of the new […]