Last month, the parachutes on Hélène Huby’s small spacecraft failed to deploy, and the vehicle and its cargo crashed into […]
Category: Space
Rocket Report: SpaceX won’t land at Johnston Atoll; new North Sea launch site
All the news that’s fit to lift “Europe is seizing the opportunity to lead.” NASA astronauts Mike Fincke (left) and […]
Amazon’s ride on the rocket merry-go-round continues with SpaceX launch
Skip to content Amazon has launched 78 of its planned 3,232 Kuiper broadband satellites. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts […]
The ISS is nearing retirement, so why is NASA still gung-ho about Starliner?
NASA is doing all it can to ensure Boeing doesn’t abandon the Starliner program. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United […]
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
Fewer robots, more humans The House version of NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget includes $9.7 billion for exploration programs, a […]
‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected
Paul Calle’s July 1975 cartoon poking fun at his own rejected mission patch for the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Credit: […]
We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest
A 50-year wait for a second mission wouldn’t be surprising. Just ask Uranus and Neptune. Four images from New Horizons’ […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad
United Launch Alliance begins stacking its third Vulcan rocket for the second time. Visitors walk by models of a Long […]
It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
“Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary.” In this pool photograph distributed by the […]
“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
Citing research by NASA and the Smithsonian, Durbin said that the total was closer to $305 million and that did […]
