After peaking in the Cold War, the relic of Rocketdyne has changed ownership four times in 20 years. The first […]
Category: Space
NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all
“Those hours could have been spent running and analyzing data from these valuable missions,” Dreier said. “It created a lot […]
Our annual power ranking of US rocket companies has changes near the top and bottom
There are some fresh faces entering the rankings this year. Blue Origin’s 320-foot-tall (98-meter) New Glenn rocket lifts off from […]
SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation
The year 2025 ended with more than 14,000 active satellites from all nations zooming around the Earth. One-third of them […]
After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking
Their success with the long-running leak problem probably will not prevent new leaks from developing in the decades-old hardware. The […]
China just carried out its second reusable launch attempt in three weeks
For the second time this month, a Chinese rocket designed for reuse successfully soared into low-Earth orbit on its first […]
In a surprise announcement, Tory Bruno is out as CEO of United Launch Alliance
The retirement of the Atlas V and Delta IV led to a period of downsizing for United Launch Alliance, with […]
Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously
Invoking the designation also ensures an independent investigation detached from the teams involved in the incident itself, according to retired […]
NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad
Artemis II, meet Astrovan II. NASA’s first astronauts who will fly by the moon in more than 50 years participated […]
Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station
Meanwhile, the Russian core will fly onward. Some elements will have been in orbit for more than 30 years. Some […]