Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair the Firefly and ispace missions […]
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Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket
Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth. […]
Firm developing a fully reusable rocket raises a quarter of a billion dollars
The company continues to make technical progress, Lapsa said. A few weeks ago, Stoke successfully tested the Nova rocket’s main […]
There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
The most recent lunar occultation of Mars that was visible from the United States occurred on December 7, 2022. A […]
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut […]
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 […]
New Glenn to make another launch attempt early Thursday
However, weather at the launch site remained a concern. According to forecasters at the 45th Space Wing, at Cape Canaveral […]
An icy vent line may have caused Blue Origin to scrub debut launch of New Glenn
COCOA BEACH, Fla.—With 45 minutes left in a three-hour launch window, Blue Origin scrubbed its first attempt to launch the […]
New Glenn rocket is at the launch pad, waiting for calm seas to land
COCOA BEACH, Fla.—As it so often does in the final days before the debut of a new rocket, it all […]
Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
We’re just a few days away from getting a double-dose of heavy-lift rocket action. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic rocket plane will […]