This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. Thirty-three methane-fueled Raptor engines power […]
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Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight
Future flights of Starship will end with returns to Starbase, where the launch tower will try to catch the vehicle […]
Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
Then she kind of asked me, “Do you think I could be an astronaut?” I mean, technically, you don’t need […]
Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the […]
Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck
The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz’s plasma rocket engine takes another turn. Blue Origin’s second New Glenn booster left […]
A record supply load won’t reach the International Space Station as scheduled
The damage occurred during the shipment of the spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module from its manufacturer in Italy. While Northrop Grumman […]
A new report finds China’s space program will soon equal that of the US
As Jonathan Roll neared completion of a master’s degree in science and technology policy at Arizona State University three years […]
Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply […]
NASA closing its original repository for Columbia artifacts to tours
The new Columbia Learning Center at Kennedy Space Center will be divided into three areas: a pre-show area where a […]
60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details
“It’s that level of risk that they were taking. I think that’s what really hit home.” Before / after showing […]