The road to the second flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer Thursday night with […]
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SpaceX teases simplified Starship as alarms sound over Moon landing delays
“SpaceX shares the goal of returning to the Moon as expeditiously as possible.” Artist’s illustration of Starship on the surface […]
Space station astronauts eager to open “golden treasure box” from Japan
And without the ISS, Russia’s human spaceflight program might be dead today. Ins and outs of HTV-X Yui used the […]
NASA races to keep Artemis II on schedule, even when workers aren’t being paid
Thousands of workers across the country, primarily in Florida, Texas, and Alabama, are still reporting for duty to keep Artemis […]
Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked
A South Korean rocket startup will soon make its first attempt to reach low-Earth orbit. The Orion spacecraft for the […]
Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently
“Sean said that NASA might benefit from being part of the Cabinet.” NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, left, Victor Glover, Christina […]
NASA’s acting leader seeks to keep his job with new lunar lander announcement
NASA would not easily be able to rip up its existing HLS contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin, as especially […]
NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s […]
Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
“We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.” The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, […]
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. Thirty-three methane-fueled Raptor engines power […]