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Category: Space
Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988
Unlike a recent hypersonic missile test, officials didn’t immediately confirm Friday’s flight was a success. File photo of a previous […]
Rocket Report: The pitfalls of rideshare; China launches next Tiangong crew
This week, engineers ground-tested upgrades for Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Europe’s Ariane 6. A Long March 2F carrier rocket, […]
Reusable rockets are here, so why is NASA paying more to launch stuff to space?
• 1998: Deep Space 1 — Delta II rocket — $86 million • 1999: Mars Polar Lander — Delta II […]
Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts
Skip to content “Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program.” In the nearly two weeks since Ars […]
Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little […]
A Chinese-born crypto tycoon—of all people—changed the way I think of space
“Are we the first generation of digital nomad in space?” Chun Wang orbits the Earth inside the cupola of SpaceX’s […]
Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”
Secretary of Transportation weighs in That was pretty much how things stood until Thursday evening, when the Secretary of the […]
Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up
A Falcon 9 core has now launched as many times as there are Merlins on a Falcon Heavy. NS-31 Astronaut […]
There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch
The Space Force is looking for responsive launch. This week, they’re the unresponsive ones. File photo of a SpaceX Falcon […]