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Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an attempted rescue […]
Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year
Skip to content “We’re feeling pretty good about that,” Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft rolls out […]
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Extending Swift’s scientific mission was not the only consideration when NASA officials selected Katalyst to build and launch a satellite […]
SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas […]
Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain
A NASA website providing status updates on each DSN complex showed no activity at the Madrid site Friday afternoon, while […]
Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida. A Long March 3B rocket carrying […]
A most improbable astronaut just went to space
“I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut.” NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 crewmember […]
NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations
And in this document, NASA has provided guidance. Quite a lot of it. Requirements are the key element of a […]
Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA’s Swift observatory. Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 carrier aircraft […]