Three Chinese astronauts were due to depart the Tiangong space station, reenter the atmosphere, and land in the remote desert […]
Category: Space
In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA
President Trump announced Tuesday evening that he is renominating private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. “Jared’s passion for space, […]
Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space
Google’s proposed free-fall (“no thrust”) constellation for linked satellites; arrow pointing toward Earth. Google’s proposed free-fall (“no thrust”) constellation for […]
A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space
The integration tasks still include installing Haven-1’s environmental control and life support elements, power, data, and thermal control systems, thrusters, […]
Capitol Hill is abuzz with talk of the “Athena” plan for NASA
In recent weeks, copies of an intriguing policy document have started to spread among space lobbyists on Capitol Hill in […]
New Glenn rocket has clear path to launch after test-firing at Cape Canaveral
The road to the second flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer Thursday night with […]
Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
Interest is growing rapidly “The amount of momentum from heavyweights in the tech industry is very much worth paying attention […]
NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back
The X-59 has successfully completed its inaugural flight. Credit: Lockheed Martin/Michael Jackson About an hour after sunrise over the Mojave […]
SpaceX teases simplified Starship as alarms sound over Moon landing delays
“SpaceX shares the goal of returning to the Moon as expeditiously as possible.” Artist’s illustration of Starship on the surface […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX surpasses shuttle launch total; Skyroot has big ambitions
All the news that’s fit to lift “I do think we’re rapidly approaching the point where it will be a […]