One Falcon 9 launched an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, an asteroid prospector, and a NASA science probe. Peter Beck, Rocket […]
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German startup to attempt the first orbital launch from Western Europe
The nine-engine first stage for Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket lights up on the launch pad on February 14. Credit: Isar […]
ULA’s Vulcan rocket still doesn’t have the Space Force’s seal of approval
ULA crews at Cape Canaveral have already stacked the next Vulcan rocket on its mobile launch platform in anticipation of […]
Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Vast’s schedule for deploying a mini-space station in low-Earth orbit was always ambitious. A stack of 21 Starlink internet satellites […]
Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX’s launch dominance
It is not difficult to understand the unease on the European continent about the rise of SpaceX and its controversial […]
It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
The political winds have shifted in Washington, but the FAA hasn’t yet changed its tune on Starship. Liftoff of SpaceX’s […]
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
The Federal Aviation Administration will likely require an investigation into the accident. This screen grab from SpaceX’s live broadcast of […]
Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
Iterate, iterate, and iterate some more The seventh test flight of Starship is scheduled for launch Thursday afternoon. SpaceX’s upgraded […]
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair the Firefly and ispace missions […]
SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?
• Shortest turnaround between two Falcon 9 launches from different pads: 1 hour, 5 minutes (August 31, 2024) • Shortest time with […]