This launch was a big success, but it doesn’t necessarily quash anxieties about ULA’s ability to deliver. The third flight […]
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Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch
The Vulcan rocket checks off several important boxes for the Space Force. First, it relies entirely on US-made rocket engines. […]
Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff
Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff “I thought best case was maybe 40 seconds of flight time, but […]
SpaceX launches a pair of NASA satellites to probe the origins of space weather
“This is going to really help us understand how to predict space weather in the magnetosphere.” This artist’s illustration of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe’s launcher challenge
The European Space Agency has selected five launch startups to become eligible for up to 169 million euros ($198 million) […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX’s dustup on the border; Northrop has a nozzle problem
NASA has finally test-fired the first of its new $100 million SLS rocket engines. Backdropped by an offshore thunderstorm, 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 […]
Crunch time—we’ll soon find out if Amazon’s launch providers are up to the job
Skip to content ULA has been waiting on Amazon’s satellites for years, but Amazon will soon be waiting on rockets. […]