“During Starship’s ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, operated by […]
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The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
The flight plan going into Thursday’s mission called for sending Starship on a journey halfway around the world from Texas, […]
Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways
Inside a small control room, during the middle of the day on Thursday local time in Texas, about a dozen […]
When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
“For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX.” Europe’s second Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from […]
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
Because the space agency now has some expectation that Intuitive Machines will be fully successful with its second landing attempt, […]
NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with a Falcon 9 launch, NASA […]
Jeff Bezos brings Amazon work culture to Blue Origin
Bezos has steadily turned his attention to Blue Origin since stepping down as Amazon’s CEO and now joins regular business […]
Butch Wilmore says Elon Musk is “absolutely factual” on Dragon’s delayed return
Skip to content Butch and Suni from space “We came up prepared to stay long, even though we plan to […]
The modern era of low-flying satellites may begin this week
Clarity-1 at the pad Albedo’s first big test may come within the next week and the launch of the “Transporter-13” […]
Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration
Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an […]