Why is China’s heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time? Wearing their orange […]
Tag: human spaceflight
With Trump’s cutbacks, crew heads for ISS unsure of when they’ll come back
“We are looking at the potential to extend this current flight, Crew-11.” NASA astronaut Zena Cardman departs crew quarters at […]
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 […]
NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off
NASA didn’t want to say much about one of the tests, and the other one lost its nozzle. An uncontained […]
NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age
Skip to content One of the engines on NASA’s next Space Launch System rocket requires repairs. Engine 2063, seen in […]
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, […]
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 […]
Rocket Report: “No man’s land” in rocket wars; Isaacman lukewarm on SLS
China’s approach to space junk is worrisome as it begins launching its own megaconstellations. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V […]
Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles
“I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit.” With thunderstorms just offshore, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket […]