“We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before.” Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket climbs […]
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After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
The hottest news in space “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came […]
Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations
The normally genteel world of international space policy turned ugly this week as several prominent US space companies—including SpaceX, Blue […]
Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO
Two of Europe’s leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week. Technicians complete installation of all four RS-25 rocket engines on […]
Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design
NASA has decided to use a simpler spacesuit for its initial missions to the lunar surface, Ars has learned. The […]
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Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84
At first, the Japanese public responded by tuning in daily, but as the week went by, interest dwindled. TBS had […]
Is Russia’s rival to Starlink failing? Here’s what we know.
Some technical anomalies were expected. About 5 percent of SpaceX’s first batch of Starlinks failed almost immediately after launch. Over […]
It turns out that Orion’s much-maligned heat shield performed really well
At the base of Orion are 186 blocks of a material called Avcoat; they are individually attached to provide a […]
Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program
NASA’s cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn’t include the helicopters. One of AeroVironment’s prototype Mars […]
Private group wants to launch “cheapest possible” mission to Alpha Centauri
Skip to content Cheaper, (not better), faster “We could really be facing the great filter.” A rendering of the proposed […]